Chords for George Formby - Sitting on the Top of Blackpool Tower - BBC TV - April 1959
Tempo:
116.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#] [Em] [A] [D]
[A] Now we all have our [D] hobbies nowadays, [G] and my hobby I think [D] is so sublime.
I never [G] go out on [A] a hike, [Bm] play golf or ride a [C#m] bike, but here's how I spend all [A] me time.
You'll find me [D] sitting [A] on the top of [Bm] Blackpool Tower, [C#] [D] when the [C#] evening shadows [D]
[F#] fall.
[G] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] They call it breezy Blackpool, [G] as everybody knows.
[E] When you're on top of Tower, [A] my gum it blows and blows.
[G] You don't know [G#] where the wind comes [Bm] from, but you find out [B] where it goes,
[E] if you're sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] [D] A girl was learning swimming, [G] she was so big and tall.
[E] A boyfriend held her tightly, [A] for fear that she would fall.
[G] And the things that [D] I thought water wings, [F#] weren't water wings [B] at all.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] [D] Sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower, [A] [D] when the [Em] evening shadows [D]
fall.
[F#] [Bm] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] Down on the sands below me, [G] I hear the happy throng.
[E] One girl with her boyfriend, [A] kept bursting into song.
[G] But later [A#] on she sang, oh [D] Lord you made the night too [B] long.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] Sitting [D] on the top of Blackpool Tower, [A] [D] when the [C#] evening [D] shadows fall.
[F#] [Bm] There [F#] you'll find me hour after [Bm] hour, [E] while the seagulls up above drop [A] messages of love.
[D] We have a fortune teller in [G] the tower bearing mind.
[E] She said to one fat [A] lady, don't think that I'm unkind.
[G] I'd like to tell [D] you future, but your [B] future's all behind.
[E] While sitting on [A] the top of Blackpool Tower.
[D] Sitting on [A] the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] [D] [A] [D] [F#] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[D] [G]
[E] [A]
[G] [A#] [D]
[B] [E] [A] [D]
[N]
[A] Now we all have our [D] hobbies nowadays, [G] and my hobby I think [D] is so sublime.
I never [G] go out on [A] a hike, [Bm] play golf or ride a [C#m] bike, but here's how I spend all [A] me time.
You'll find me [D] sitting [A] on the top of [Bm] Blackpool Tower, [C#] [D] when the [C#] evening shadows [D]
[F#] fall.
[G] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] They call it breezy Blackpool, [G] as everybody knows.
[E] When you're on top of Tower, [A] my gum it blows and blows.
[G] You don't know [G#] where the wind comes [Bm] from, but you find out [B] where it goes,
[E] if you're sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] [D] A girl was learning swimming, [G] she was so big and tall.
[E] A boyfriend held her tightly, [A] for fear that she would fall.
[G] And the things that [D] I thought water wings, [F#] weren't water wings [B] at all.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] [D] Sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower, [A] [D] when the [Em] evening shadows [D]
fall.
[F#] [Bm] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] Down on the sands below me, [G] I hear the happy throng.
[E] One girl with her boyfriend, [A] kept bursting into song.
[G] But later [A#] on she sang, oh [D] Lord you made the night too [B] long.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] Sitting [D] on the top of Blackpool Tower, [A] [D] when the [C#] evening [D] shadows fall.
[F#] [Bm] There [F#] you'll find me hour after [Bm] hour, [E] while the seagulls up above drop [A] messages of love.
[D] We have a fortune teller in [G] the tower bearing mind.
[E] She said to one fat [A] lady, don't think that I'm unkind.
[G] I'd like to tell [D] you future, but your [B] future's all behind.
[E] While sitting on [A] the top of Blackpool Tower.
[D] Sitting on [A] the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] [D] [A] [D] [F#] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[D] [G]
[E] [A]
[G] [A#] [D]
[B] [E] [A] [D]
[N]
Key:
D
A
E
G
Bm
D
A
E
_ _ [D#] _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ Now we all have our [D] hobbies nowadays, _ _ [G] and my hobby I think [D] is so sublime.
I never [G] go out on [A] a hike, [Bm] play golf or ride a [C#m] bike, but here's how I spend all [A] me time.
You'll find me [D] sitting [A] on the top of [Bm] Blackpool Tower, [C#] _ [D] when the [C#] evening shadows [D] _
[F#] fall.
[G] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, _ [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] They call it breezy Blackpool, [G] as everybody knows.
[E] When you're on top of Tower, [A] my gum it blows and blows.
[G] You don't know [G#] where the wind comes [Bm] from, but you find out [B] where it goes,
[E] if you're sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ [D] A girl was learning swimming, [G] she was so big and tall.
[E] A boyfriend held her tightly, [A] for fear that she would fall.
[G] And the things that [D] I thought water wings, [F#] weren't water wings [B] at all.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ _ [D] Sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower, [A] _ _ [D] when the [Em] evening shadows [D]
fall.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, _ [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] Down on the sands below me, [G] I hear the happy throng.
[E] One girl with her boyfriend, [A] kept bursting into song.
[G] But later [A#] on she sang, oh [D] Lord you made the night too [B] long.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ _ Sitting [D] on the top of Blackpool Tower, _ [A] _ [D] when the [C#] evening [D] shadows fall.
[F#] _ [Bm] There [F#] you'll find me hour after [Bm] hour, [E] while the seagulls up above drop [A] messages of love.
[D] We have a fortune teller in [G] the tower bearing mind.
[E] She said to one fat [A] lady, don't think that I'm unkind.
[G] I'd like to tell [D] you future, but your [B] future's all behind.
[E] While sitting on [A] the top of Blackpool Tower.
_ [D] _ Sitting on [A] the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ Now we all have our [D] hobbies nowadays, _ _ [G] and my hobby I think [D] is so sublime.
I never [G] go out on [A] a hike, [Bm] play golf or ride a [C#m] bike, but here's how I spend all [A] me time.
You'll find me [D] sitting [A] on the top of [Bm] Blackpool Tower, [C#] _ [D] when the [C#] evening shadows [D] _
[F#] fall.
[G] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, _ [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] They call it breezy Blackpool, [G] as everybody knows.
[E] When you're on top of Tower, [A] my gum it blows and blows.
[G] You don't know [G#] where the wind comes [Bm] from, but you find out [B] where it goes,
[E] if you're sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ [D] A girl was learning swimming, [G] she was so big and tall.
[E] A boyfriend held her tightly, [A] for fear that she would fall.
[G] And the things that [D] I thought water wings, [F#] weren't water wings [B] at all.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ _ [D] Sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower, [A] _ _ [D] when the [Em] evening shadows [D]
fall.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] There you'll [F#] find me hour [Bm] after hour, _ [E] while the seagulls up above [A] drop messages of love.
[D] Down on the sands below me, [G] I hear the happy throng.
[E] One girl with her boyfriend, [A] kept bursting into song.
[G] But later [A#] on she sang, oh [D] Lord you made the night too [B] long.
[E] While sitting [A] on the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ _ Sitting [D] on the top of Blackpool Tower, _ [A] _ [D] when the [C#] evening [D] shadows fall.
[F#] _ [Bm] There [F#] you'll find me hour after [Bm] hour, [E] while the seagulls up above drop [A] messages of love.
[D] We have a fortune teller in [G] the tower bearing mind.
[E] She said to one fat [A] lady, don't think that I'm unkind.
[G] I'd like to tell [D] you future, but your [B] future's all behind.
[E] While sitting on [A] the top of Blackpool Tower.
_ [D] _ Sitting on [A] the top of [D] Blackpool Tower.
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _