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

Got in my ^Gnose ^CAs we carried our ladders down the street With the wrought-iron gate r^Gows ^CI went home and listened to Jimmie Rodgers in my lunch-b^Greak

^CBought five Woodbines at the shop on the corner And went straight back to wo^Grk. Oh, S^Cam was up on top And I was on the bottom with the ^Gv ^CWe went for lemonade and Paris buns At the shop and broke for t^Gea ^CI collected from the lady And I cleaned the fanlight insid^Ge-out ^CI was blowing saxophone on the weekend In that down jo^Gint.

^GWhat's ^D/F#my li^EMne? I'm ha^Dppy cleaning wi^Cndows ^GTake ^D/F# my ^EMtime I'll s^Dee you when my ^Clove grows ^GBaby don't l^D/F#et it sli^EMde I'm a wo^Drking man in my pri^Cme Cleaning wi^Gndows (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