C (add pinky on third fret of high E string) 
Oh, the smell of the bakery from across the street 
          G 
Got in my nose 
C 
As we carried our ladders down the street 
                            G 
With the wrought-iron gate rows 
C 
I went home and listened to Jimmie Rodgers  
             G 
in my lunch-break 
 
C 
Bought five Woodbines at the shop on the corner 
                            G 
And went straight back to work. 
     C 
Oh, Sam was up on top 
                                 G 
And I was on the bottom with the v 
C 
We went for lemonade and Paris buns 
                           G 
At the shop and broke for tea 
C 
I collected from the lady 
                                G 
And I cleaned the fanlight inside-out 
C 
I was blowing saxophone on the weekend 
               G 
In that down joint. 
 
G       D/F#     EM 
What's  my     line? 
      D              C 
I'm happy cleaning windows 
G       D/F#     EM 
Take     my      time 
      D              C 
I'll see you when my love grows 
G           D/F#     EM 
Baby don't let it slide 
        D                  C 
I'm a working man in my prime 
           G 
Cleaning windows (number a hundred and thirty-six)