Chords for George formby When the waterworks caught fire

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[Dm] _ _ _ _ Home guards, guards, our waterworks, Protection they [A] require,
[Gm] But [A] we got [Dm] in hot water, [Gm] When the [A] waterworks caught fire,
Our corporal started to [D] undress, He looked [Gm] like Adam more or [A] less,
And he wore a sprig of [Dm] watercress, When the [A] waterworks caught fire,
Girl [G] firefighters, [D] claw and toots, Undressed without swimming [G#m] suits,
It's a [A] good job they wore rubber [Dm] boots, When the waterworks caught fire,
[D] Fire guards and home [Gm] guards, They answered the call,
[E] Red guards and white [Am] guards, And black guards [A] and all,
Our raid warden [F] took a jump, [D] He might have [Gm] drowned a silly chump,
[E] But his [A] wife grabbed hold of his sterile pump, [Dm] When the waterworks caught fire,
[A] Several [Dm] ducks from farmer [D] Clegg's, Staggered [G] out on [A] shaky legs,
And started laying hard-boiled [D] eggs, When the [A] waterworks caught fire,
[Dm] Fan-like Fanny hit what a [F#] scream, She dived [Gm] headfirst into the [A] stream,
You couldn't see her arms for [Dm] steam, When the waterworks caught fire,
[D] Fire guards and home [Gm] guards, They answered the call,
[E] Red guards and white [Em] guards, And [C] black guards [A] and all,
Mrs.
[D] Brown across the way, Who has a [G] cold bath every day,
Was [A] scalded on her, she won't say, When the [Dm] waterworks caught fire,
[A] Stripping off their [Dm] coats and slacks, [D] Ladies [Gm] scrubbed each other's backs,
The [A] home guard paid amusement [Dm] tax, When the [A] waterworks caught fire,
Young [Dm] firefighter Miss [D] Macduff, Threw a [Dm] job up in a huff,
[E] She [A] said she'd spotted quite enough, [Dm] When the waterworks caught fire,
[D] Fire guards and home [Gm] guards, They answered the call,
[E] Red guards and white guards, [Em] And black [A] guards and all,
One girl showed a bigger [D] find, Then she hit [Gm] a floating mine,
Just [A] below the waterline, [Dm] When the waterworks caught fire.
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