GF - When I’m Cleaning Windows Thrash

artist:George Formby

, writer:Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe

Chords:

 {t:GF - When I’m Cleaning Windows Thrash}
{artist:George Formby}
{key: C}  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m73lfeR22g 
{c: Thanks to CHB (England)}
{sos}
Now it's a job that [C7] just suits me, a [F] window cleaner [Cdim] you would be
If [C] you can see what [C7] I [C6] can [C] see [Cdim] 
When I'm cleaning [C] windows
{eos}
[C] I go cleaning windows to [D7] earn an honest bob
[G7] For a nosy parker it's an interesting [C] job
Now it's a job that [C7] just suits me, a [F] window cleaner [Cdim] you would  be
If [C] you can see what [C7] I [C6] can [C] see
[Cdim] When I'm cleaning [C] windows
The honeymooning [C7] couples too [F] you should see them [Cdim] bill 'n coo
You'd [C] be surprised at [C7] what [C6] they [C] do
[Cdim] When I'm cleaning [C] windows

In [E7] my profession I'll work hard [A7] but I'll never stop
I'll [D7] climb this blinking ladder 'till I [G7] get right to the top
The [C] blushing bride, she [C7] looks divine
The [F] bridegroom he is [Cdim] doing fine
I'd [C] rather have his [C7] job [C6] than [C] mine
[Cdim] When I'm cleaning [C] windows

Instrumental

{sos}
Now it's a job that [C7] just suits me, a [F] window cleaner [Cdim] you would  be
If [C] you can see what [C7] I [C6] can [C] see
[Cdim] When I'm cleaning [C] windows
The honeymooning [C7] couples too [F] you should see them [Cdim] bill 'n coo
You'd [C] be surprised at [C7] what [C6] they [C] do
[Cdim] When I'm cleaning [C] windows
In [E7] my profession I'll work hard [A7] but I'll never stop
I'll [D7] climb this blinking ladder 'till I [G7] get right to the top
The [C] blushing bride, she [C7] looks divine
The [F] bridegroom he is [Cdim] doing fine
I'd [C] rather have his [C7] job [C6] than [C] mine
{eos}
[Cdim] When I'm cleaning [C] windows

Song Info

Title: GF - When I'm Cleaning Windows Thrash

Artist: George Formby

Writer: Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe

Song Types: 30s, Ukulele

Key: C

Info: When I'm Cleaning Windows" is a comedy song performed by Lancastrian comic, actor and ukulele player George Formby. It first appeared in the 1936 film Keep Your Seats, Please. The song was credited as written by Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe. Formby performed the song in A♭ in Keep Your Seats, Please. For the single release, the key was changed to B♭.

The song was so successful that George Formby recorded another version of the song entitled "The Window Cleaner (No. 2)". This song uses similar orchestration to the original version and it is about further things which were seen on a window cleaning round.

Because the song's lyrics were racy for the time, it was banned by the BBC from being played on the radio. The corporation's director general John Reith stated that "if the public wants to listen to Formby singing his disgusting little ditty, they'll have to be content to hear it in the cinemas, not over the nation's airwaves"; Formby and his wife and manager Beryl Ingham were furious with the block on the song. In May 1941, Ingham informed the BBC that the song was a favourite of the royal family, particularly Queen Mary, while a statement by Formby pointed out that "I sang it before the King and Queen at the Royal Variety Performance". The BBC relented and started to broadcast the song.

The record's sales were so successful that Regal Zonophone awarded Formby the first silver disc for sales of over 100,000 copies

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GF - When I’m Cleaning Windows Thrash

artist:George Formby

, writer:Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe

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