Van Morrison – Cleaning Windows chords

Cappo on Third Fret

Lead in:  G with occasional index finger hammerons 

C (add pinky on third fret of high E string)
Oh, the smell of the bakery from across the street
          GGot in my nose
CAs we carried our ladders down the street
                            GWith the wrought-iron gate rows
CI went home and listened to Jimmie Rodgers 
             Gin my lunch-break

CBought five Woodbines at the shop on the corner
                            GAnd went straight back to work.
     COh, Sam was up on top
                                 GAnd I was on the bottom with the v
CWe went for lemonade and Paris buns
                           GAt the shop and broke for tea
CI collected from the lady
                                GAnd I cleaned the fanlight inside-out
CI was blowing saxophone on the weekend
               GIn that down joint.

G       D/F#     EMWhat's  my     line?
      D              CI'm happy cleaning windows
G       D/F#     EMTake     my      time
      D              CI'll see you when my love grows
G           D/F#     EMBaby don't let it slide
        D                  CI'm a working man in my prime
           GCleaning windows (number a hundred and thirty-six)


Second Verse
I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon
On the street where I was born
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee,
Muddy Waters singin' I'm A Rolling Stone
I went home and read my Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen
Curiosity killed the cat
Kerouac's Dharma Bums and On The Road

Second Chorus
What's my line?
I'm happy cleaning windows
Take my time
I'll see you when my love grows
Baby don't let it slide
I'm a working man in my prime
Cleaning windows