leaning on a lamppost : herman’s hermits .
#7 in 1965 .

intro : ( slow ) ( original key . )
C G
i’m leaning on the lamp ,
F C
maybe you think i look a tramp .
C F G C G
or maybe you think i’m round to steal a car .
C G
but no , i’m not a crook ,
F C
and if you think that’s what i look ,
C F G C
i’ll tell you why and what my motives are .

#1 . ( fast . )
C Am
i’m leaning on the lamppost at the corner of the street
G C
in case a certain little lady comes by .
G C Am G D G
oh me , oh my , in case a certain little lady comes by .

chorus :
C
oh , she’s wonderful , she’s marvelous ,
Am
she’s fabulous , she’s beautiful .
G C G C F
and anyone can understand why . . i’m leaning on the lamppost
C F E F D
at the corner of the street in case a certain
G C
little lady comes by .

#2 .
C Am
she doesn’t always get her way , she cannot always get her way .
G C
but anyway i know that she’ll try .
G C Am G D G
oh me , oh my , i hope that little lady comes by .

#3 .
G
she’s not the kind of girl to be late for .
C Am
but this one i’d break any date for .
D D7
i won’t have to ask what she’s late for .
G G7 G
she’d never leave me flat . . she’s not a girl like that .

chorus :

repeat#1 .

chorus :

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .