Chords:
{t: GF - You Don't Need a License For That }
{key: C}
{artist:George Formby}
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[C] If you’ve a pub or a small hotel, [A7] you need a license for all you sell
You [G7] may think I’m ro[C]mancing, but
[D7] they even tax you for [G7] singing and dancing.
[C] You need a [E7] license [A] whatever you [C] do,
[A] one or two [A7] things they’ve [Dm] exempted it’s [G7] true,
[C] Lumbago, the gout or a [E7] touch of the [A7] flu,
you [D7] don’t need a license for [G7] that.
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Now [C] I’ve got a [E7] license for [A] chickens to [A7] lay,
[A] one of them [A7] sat on a [Dm] brick yester[G7]day,
And [C] then started clucking, as [E7] much as to [A7] say,
he [D7] won’t need a [G7] license for [C] that.
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[E7] We’d have a good time, a wines in the wood time,
[A7] if it were duty free.
[D7] We’d cut the taxes, with our battle-axes,
then roll out the barrel for [G7] me.
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[C] Dairies must [E7] license you [A] bet on your [A7] life,
If [A] you’ve a [A7] cow then there’s [Dm] trouble and [G7] strife
As [C] Farmer Dean said when he [E7] looked at his [A7] wife,
"By gum [D7] I’ll not need a [G7] license for [C] that!"
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[C] You need a [E7] license for [A] shooting down [A7] game,
But [A] I’d rather [A7] flirt with a [Dm] beautiful [G7] dame,
Cause [C] I get the sport with the [E7] birds just the [A7] same
And I [D7] don’t need a [G7] license for [C] that
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[C] We sit in the pictures, as warm as a glove,
[A7] in the back row of the circle above,
[D7] Two bob’s worth of dark and a [G7] basin of [C] love
and I [D7] don’t need a license for [G7] that.
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[E7] We’d have a good time, a wines in the wood time, [A7] if it were duty free.
[D7] We’d cut the taxes, with our battle-axes, then roll out the barrel for [G7] me.
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[C] Fishing at [E7] Richmond is [A] licensed by [A7] law,
A [A] chap to his [A7] girl said, "Now [Dm] you hold your [G7] jaw".
You [C] know exactly what [E7] I’m fishing [A7] for,
and I [D7] don’t need a license for [G7] that.
No sir, I [D7] don’t need a [G7] license for [C] that
