Key: F
Introduction: Am Dm6 Am Dm6
Am Am7M
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey!
Am7 D
Chim -chim -che - ree!
Dm Am B B7 E7
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be,
Am Am7M
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey!
Am7 D
Chim -chim -che - roo!
Dm Am E7 Am
Good luck will rub off, when I shakes hands with you,
Dm Am/C E7/B Am Dm6 Am Dm6
Or blow me a kiss, ...and that's lucky too!
verse 1
Am Am7M Am7 D
Now, as the ladder of life has been strung,
Dm Am B B7 E7
You may think a sweep's on the bottom most rung,
Am Am7M Am7 D
Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke,
Dm Am/C E7/B Am
In this whole wide world there's no happier bloke!
Am Am7M
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey!
Am7 D
Chim -chim -che - ree!
Dm Am B B7 E7
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be,
Am Am7M
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey!
Am7 D
Chim -chim -che - roo!
Dm Am/C E7/B Am
Good luck will rub off, when I shakes hands with you!
Am Am7M
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey!
Am7 D
Chim -chim -che - ree!
Dm Am B B7 E7
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be,
Am Am7M
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey!
Am7 D
Chim -chim -che - roo!
Dm Am/C E7/B Am
Good luck will rub off, when I shakes hands with you!
Break
D C/E Bb/F D/F#
verse 2
Gm Gm7M Gm7 C
I choose me bristles with pride, yes, I do,
Cm Gm A A7 D7
A broom for the shaft, and a brush for the flue,
C#m G#m D#7/A# G#m
verse 3
G#m G#m7M G#m7 C#
Up where the smoke is all billered and curled,
C#m G#m A# A#7 D#7
'Tween pavement and stars, is the chimney sweep world,
G#m G#m7M G#m7 C#
When there's hardly no day, nor hardly no night,
C#m G#m Gº G#m
There's things ...half in shadow, ...and halfway in light,
C#m G#m Gº
On the rooftops of London, coo, ...what a sight!
Break
Am Am7M
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey!
Am7 D
Chim -chim -che - ree!
Dm Am B B7 E7
When you're with a sweep, you're in glad compan - y,
Am Am7M Am7 D
Nowhere is there a more happier crew,
A# Am/C E7 Am
Than them what sings, 'Chim -chim -che - ree! Chim -che -roo!'
Dm Am E7 Am
Chim - chiminey! Chim -chim -che - ree! Chim -che - roo!