Madness

^G Nice man g ^Am eorge news ^Bm agent on the ^Am corner
^G Not very ^Am rich but ^Bm never any ^Am poorer
^C Jaunty old ^Dm george a ^Em happy sixty- ^Dm three
^C Not very ^Dm tall but ^Em healthier ^Dm than me.
^G He whistles timeless t ^Am unes as he ^Bm saunters ^Am down the street
^G Springs in his ^Am legs and ^Bm elastic in his ^Am feet.
^Am But in the middle of the ^E night
^Am He steals through your ^E garden
^Bm Gives your h ^F# osiery a fright
And ^Bm doesn't say ^F# pardon.
As ^Am soft as a ^E breeze
With an ^Am arm full of ^E underwear
On his ^Bm hands and ^F# knees
Dreams ^Bm about the ^F# knicker scare.
^G Hello there ^Am george new ^Bm sagent on the ^Am corner
^G How's the ^Am old caryes ^Bm the climate' ^Am s getting warmer
^C Chatty old ^Dm george a ^Em s you get yo ^Dm ur morning paper
^C Read about ^Dm the knicker ^Em thiefunderwear ^Dm taker.
^G Bids you ' ^Am good day'a ^Bm s you wander ^Am out the door
^G Never clos ^Am es early a ^Bm lways cleans ^Am the floor.
^Am But when darkness hits th ^E e town
And there's ^Am washing on your ^E line
Get y ^Bm our knickers do ^F# wn
Before ^Bm the dreaded ^F# sign.
When the cl ^Am ock strikes e ^E ight
And you're ^Am snuggled up in ^E bed
He'll be ^Bm at the garden ^F# gate
Filling ^Bm underwear with ^F# dread.
^G Nice man ^Am george new ^Bm sagent on the ^Am corner
^G He was close ^Am d today m ^Bm aybe gone to m ^Am ow the lawn
^C I had to go further d ^Dm own the road to ^Em get me curre ^Dm nt bun
^C Hello - isn ^Dm 't that george o ^Em n page o ^Dm ne ?
^G No it couldn' ^Am t be but y ^Bm es it is ^Am
G Difficult to ^Am see from ^Bm these photofit ^Am s.
^Am But they are after ^E him
Of ^Am that you can be ^E sure
They've c ^Bm alled him on the ^F# phone
They've ^Bm knocked on his d ^F# oor.
A-but ^Am he's gone a ^E way
Gone to ^Am stay with some ma ^E tes
^Bm He got the papers ^F# early
And ^Bm saw his own ^F# face.
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Couplet
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Dm 10 12 12 10 10 10
^{Em 12 14 14 12 12 12}
Refrain
^Am E ⁵⁷⁷⁵⁵⁵ x76454
^{Bm 224432 F# 244322}