Chords for Leslie Sarony - Ain't it Grand to be Blooming Well Dead (1932)

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[Bm] _ [Am] You
Lately there's [E] nothing but trouble [Am] grief and strife.
There's not [G] much attraction about this blooming life
[Am] Last night I dreamt I was blooming well dead as [B] I went [Am] to the [G] funeral
I'm blooming.
Well said [C] look at the flowers
blooming great all [Eb] kids
[Dm] ain't it grand
To be [C] blooming was dead
Look at the coffin
blooming great handles
[Dm] ain't it grand
to be [C] blooming was dead
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[Am] I felt so happy to think that I'd popped off
[G] I said [Ab] to a bloke with [F] a [Abm] nasty [C]-looking cough look at the blacker
Blooming great horses [B] ain't it grand to be blooming [Gb] was dead
_ [B] Look at [C] the bear
All in their frock coats
[B] Ain't it grand to be blooming was dead
[C] Look at their top hat
polished with Guinness
[G] Ain't it grand [C] to be blooming was dead
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Some [A] people there [E] were praying [C] for me soul
I said [E] it's the first [F] time [D] I've been [C] off the dole look at the mourners
blooming well-sottled
Ain't it [G] grand [C] to be blooming was dead _ _ _
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_ _ Look at the children blooming excited
_ [F] Ain't it [G] grand [C] to be blooming was dead
Look at the neighbors blooming delighted
[B] Ain't it grand to [C] be blooming was dead
[F] _ [E] _ [A] Spend the insurance on [Em] them and [Am] for a lack [C] you know that [Ab] I shan't [F] be with [D] you going [C] back
Look at the missus
blooming well laughing
[F] Ain't it [G] grand to be [Am] blooming was dead
_ [Dm] _ [E] Look [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] _ [C] at me sister
blooming you hat on
[D] Ain't it grand to be [C] blooming was dead
Look at me brother
blooming cigar on
Ain't it [G] grand to be blooming [C] was dead
[F] [E] We [Am] come from clay and we all go back they say
[G] The [Ab] don't [F] aim a brick it might be your auntie may look [C] at me grandma
_ blooming old a bag
Ain't it grand to be blooming was dead
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_ [Cm] _ _ [G] Where oh where has our Leslie gone?
Oh where oh where can he [D] be?
He promised to be on the other side
Ha ha ho ho [G] he he
[Dm] I've got [C] me eye on you.
You're the blokes that told me to learn to play the blooming harp
I haven't played a blooming note since I've been here
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[C] Look at the florist
counting their profits
[Ebm] [Dm] Ain't it grand [G] to be [C] blooming was dead _
Look at the lawyers
reading the willow _
[A] [Dm] Ain't it [Bm] grand to be [C] blooming was dead
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[E] _ [Am] _ Taxes and rent I'll have no need to [G] pay
I've dodged them [Ab] by blooming well [F] [C] snuffing it
Hooray look at the landlord
blooming old Shylock
_ [Dm] Ain't it grand [G] to be blooming [C] was [B] dead
[Am] [C] Look at the bulldog.
Ah blooming well barking
[Ab] [B] Ain't it grand to be blooming [C] was dead
Look at the Tomcat.
Meow blooming well flirting
[G] Ain't it grand to be blooming [C] was dead
[E] _ _ [Am] People said he was so good to the [C] poor
I said as I thought [Dm] what they called [C] me before
Look at the sexist
blooming great shovel
[G] Ain't it grand to be [C] blooming was dead
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_ Look at me schoolmates
blooming well giggling
_ [N] Ain't it grand to be blooming was dead
Look at the earthworm
blooming well wriggling
_ Ain't it grand [C] to be blooming was dead
[F] _ [E] _ All my old China's I saw them [Am] standing round
[C] I said [Ab] as they slowly [F] [D] load me [C] in the ground
Look at the tombstone
Granite with knobs on
[G] Ain't it grand to be [C] blooming was dead
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_ Now it's all over
Look at them scar prints
Ain't [G] it grand to [C] be blooming was dead
Look at the weather
Blooming well raining
Ain't it grand to be blooming was [F] dead
[E] _ _ [Am] Then I awoke with a really shocking [G] start
I found me [Ab] in bed [F] with the [D] mrs.
[C] Of me heart.
I got the milking
Baby was screaming [G] ain't it grand [C] to be blooming was dead
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