Cleaning Windows — Van Morrison
Chords and lyrics for Cleaning Windows by Van Morrison (key of G, capo 3).
Intro
[Gm] [G]
Verse 1
Oh, the smell of the bakery from across the [C][Gm] street
Got in my [C] nose
As we carried [Gm] our ladders down the street
With the wrought iron gate [Am/C][C] rows
I went home [Em7] and listened to [Gm] Jimmie Rodgers in my lunch break
Bought five Woodbines at the shop on the corner
And went [G] straight back [Bm] to [Gm] work
Oh, [C] Sam was up on top
And I [Gm] was on the bottom [D] with the [C] V
We went for lemonade and Paris buns
[G] At the shop and broke for [C] tea
I collected from the lady
And [Gm] I cleaned the fanlight inside [D] out
I was blowing saxophone on the weekend
In [Gm] that [Gmaj7] down joint
Chorus
[Em] What's [F#m7] my [D] line
I'm [Em] happy [Gmaj7] cleaning [Am7] windows
[Em] Take my [A] time
[D] I'll [Em] see you when my love grows
Baby don't [Am] [Em] let it slide
[D] I'm a [C] working man in my [G] prime
Cleaning windows (number a hundred [C] and thirty six)
Interlude
[Dm] [G] [D] [G] [C]
Verse 2
I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon
On the [Gm] street where I was born
[Em] Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
Muddy [Gm] Waters singin' I'm a rolling [C] stone
I went home and read my [G] Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen
Curiosity killed the [A7] cat
Kerouac's [Gm] [G] Dharma Bums and On The Road
Chorus
[Em] What's [F#m] my line
I'm [Am/C] [C] happy cleaning [G] [Em] windows
Take my time
[F#m] [C] I'll see you when my [G] love grows
Baby don't [Em] let it [D] slide
I'm [Am7/C] a working [C] man [G] in my prime
Cleaning [Em] windows
Chorus
What's [D] my line
I'm [Em] happy cleaning [G] [D/F#] windows
[Em] Take my [D] time
[Em] I'll see you when [G] my love [Em] grows
Don't [D] let it slide
I'm a [C] working man in my [G] prime
Cleaning [C] windows
Outro
[G] [Em] [Em7] [G] [C] [G] [C]