Chords for My Old Man's a Dustman—The Washboard Resonators

[G] _ _ _ _ Now [D] here's a little story, [Em] to tell it [Am] is a must,
_ [D] About an [E] unsung hero [Em] who moves [Am] away your dust. _
Some people [D] earn a fortune, _ _ [Am]
others [D] make a mint.
_ My old man don't earn much, [A] in fact he's poor.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Oh my old man's a dustman, he wears a [D] dustman's hat.
He wears a black _ _ _ _
[G] hat, he looks a bit better now.
He's a bit of a mother, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ son of a ghost.
His face looks a bit similar [D] to that of a ghost.
So when he puts that thing [G] back, he's still so modest.
Now when old man got nasty, he was a bit of a sorrow.
He found my old man, and now he must be a man of the ghost.
Oh my old man's a dustman, he wears a [D] dustman's hat.
He wears a black hat, he looks a bit better [F#] _ [G] now.
I say, I say, I say Martin.
_ Oh we'll do the joke tonight Jack. _ _ _
_ _ You say, you say, you say.
My dog's got no nose.
How's his smell?
Awful. _ _ _
_ Oh my old man's a dustman, he's got a heart of [D] gold.
He got married recently, he's eighty-six years [F#] old.
[G] He said here, hang on dad, you're getting past your prime.
He said [B] well, when you get to my [D#] age, it helps to pass the time.
[G] Oh my old man's a luster, he [D] wears a luster's hat
He wears no bloudy trousers, silent to the [G] count of five
_ I say, I say, I say
You say, you say, you say
Now Martin, what would you give to a man with a knobbly head?
[A] I don't [G] know what to give to a man with a knobbly head
A knobbly hat
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] One day when I was a [D] lady's kin
He had a gun but a few yards [G] went to chase after [F#] him [G] Wacky!
_ _ [Gm] _ Cried right [G] from the heart
[N] _ _ _ _ Joke right on the count
[G] He _ _ _ _ [D] wears a luster's hat, he wears no bloudy trousers, silent
_ [F#] _ [G] _ Now then, if you haven't noticed already, Martin next to me, he's from Huddersfield
So we're going to hear about his old man
_ _ My old man's from Yorkshire, he wears an old [D] fat cap
He likes to go past Waddle, on Little Minutemop
[G] _ He's very tight with money, he doesn't [C] like to spend
[D] If he left God's own county, [G] he'd swear the world would end
My old man's from Yorkshire, he [D] wears an old fat cap
He likes to go out walking on Little [G] Minutemop
[F#] I [G] think _ _ _ _ _ it's back now, sounds better
He's found a tiger's head hiding in his lair, [D] so he's so good
The tiger looked quite miserable, [A] but I suppose [F#] he should
[G] Just then, from out the window, [Gm] a voice began to wail
It said, oink, where's me tiger's head?
For my father's tail!
Oh, [G] my old man's a luster, he wears a luster's [D] hat
He wears no bloudy trousers, silent
_ [G] _ So next time you see a luster, looking all pale and sad
[D] Doctor, do you remember Doctor?
It might be my [G] old man! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _