Chords for Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman..

Now here's [Em] a little story _ to [A] tell it [Bb] is [D] a must _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] About an unsung hero _ _ [A] that [Eb] moves away [D] a dust
_ _ _ Some people make a fortune, _ _ others earn a mint
_ _ [A] _ My old man [D] don't earn much, [A] in [G] fact he's flippin' [D] _ skint _ _
_ _ _ [G] Oh my old man's a dustman, he wears a [D] dustman's hat
He wears gold blimey trousers and he lives in the [G] council flat
He looks a proper nana in his great big [C] cocktail boots
[D] He's got such a job to pull them up that he calls them [G] daisy rats _ _ _
_ _ Some folks give tips at Christmas and [D] some of them forget
So when he picks their bins up he spills some [Gm] on the step
[G] Now one old man got nasty and two the council wrote
Next time my old man went round there he punched him up the throat
Oh my old man's a dustman, he wears a [D] dustman's hat
He wears gold blimey trousers and he lives [G] in the council flat
I say I say Les, _ _ I found a police dog in my dustbin
Well how do you know he's a police dog?
He had a policeman with him _ _ _ _
_ Though my old man's a dustman, he's got an [D] heart of gold
He got married recently, though he's 86 [G] years old
We said here, hang on dad, you're [Em] getting past your prime
He [D] said well when you get my age it helps to pass the time
[G] Oh my old man's a dustman, he wears a [D] dustman's hat
He wears gold blimey trousers and he lives in the [G] council flat
I say I say I say
Oh my dustbin's full of lilies
Well throw them away then
I can't, lilies wearing them _
_ _ _ _ Now one day whilst in a hurry he missed [D] a lady's bin
He hadn't gone but a few yards when she [G] chased after him
What game do you think you're playing?
She cried [E] right from the heart
[Bm] You've missed me, am I [N] too late?
Now jump up on the cart
Oh [G] my dustbin's full of lilies
He [D] wears a dustman's hat
He wears gold blimey trousers and he lives in [G] the council flat
I say I say I say
Oh it's you again
My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstool
How do you know it's full?
Because there's not mushroom inside _ _ _ _ _
He found a tiger's head one day nailed to a [D] piece of wood
The tiger looked quite miserable but I [G] suppose he should
Just then from out a window a voice [D] began to wail
He said oi, [B] where's me tiger's head?
Four foot from his [G] tail
Oh my old man's a dustman, he wears a [D] dustman's hat
He wears gold blimey trousers and he lives in the council [G] flat
Next time you see a dustman looking [D] all pale and sad
Don't kick him in the dustbin, it might be my [A] old man
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