Leaning On A Lamppost Chords
Leaning On A Lamppost by Herman's Hermits is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am, D, E, D7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Leaning On A Lamppost:Herman's Hermits.
#7 in 1965.
INTRO: (slow) (Original key.)
C G
I'm leaning on the lamp,
F C
Maybe you think I look a tramp.
C F G C G
Or maybe you think I'm round to steal a car.
C G
But no, I'm not a crook,
F C
And if you think that's what I look,
C F G C
I'll tell you why and what my motives are.
#1. (Fast.)
C Am
I'm leaning on the lamppost at the corner of the street
G C
In case a certain little lady comes by.
G C Am G D G
Oh me, oh my, in case a certain little lady comes by.
Chorus:
C
Oh, she's wonderful, she's marvelous,
Am
She's fabulous, she's beautiful.
G C G C F
And anyone can understand why..I'm leaning on the lamppost
C F E F D
at the corner of the street in case a certain
G C
little lady comes by.
#2.
C Am
She doesn't always get her way, she cannot always get her way.
G C
But anyway I know that she'll try.
G C Am G D G
Oh me, oh my, I hope that little lady comes by.
#3.
G
She's not the kind of girl to be late for.
C Am
But this one I'd break any date for.
D D7
I won't have to ask what she's late for.
G G7 G
She'd never leave me flat..she's not a girl like that.
Chorus:
REPEAT#1.
Chorus:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.