Artist: Flanders & Swann Song: The gas man cometh Tabbed by: DJ 28th July 2013 Tuning: Standard C = x32010 G = 320003 G/B = x30003 D = xx0232 A7 = x01010 G7 = 320001 D7 = xx0212 A9 = x02022 ******************************************************************** C G/B A7 D7 G D7 | / / / / | / / / / | G D7 G D7 G 'Twas on a Monday morning, the Gas - man came to call, C G A7 D D7 The gas tap wouldn't turn, I wasn't getting gas at all, G G7 C G/B A7 He tore out all the skirting boards, to try and find the main, C G/B A7 D7 G And I had to call a carpenter to put them back a - gain, D D7 G D7 G C D7 G C D7 Oh..., it all makes work for the working man to do! | / / / / | G D7 G D7 G 'Twas on a Tuesday morning, the Carpen - ter came 'round, C G A7 D D7 He hammered, and he chiselled, and he said," Look what I've found! G G7 C G/B A7 Your joists are full of dry - rot, but I'll put it all to rights!" C G/B A7 D7 G Then he nailed right through a cable, ...and out went all the lights, D D7 G D7 G C D7 G C D7 Oh..., it all makes work for the working man to do! | / / / / | G D7 G D7 G 'Twas on a Wednesday morning, the Elec - trician came, C G A7 D D7 He called me Mr. Sanderson, which isn't quite my name, G G7 C G/B A7 He couldn't reach the fusebox without standing on the bin, C G/B A7 D7 G And his foot went through a window, so I called a Glazier in, D D7 G D7 G C D7 G C D7 Oh..., it all makes work for the working man to do! | / / / / | G D7 G D7 G 'Twas on a Thursday morning, the Glazier came a - long, C G A7 A9 A7 D7 With his blow torch, and his putty, and his merry...Glaz - iers...song, G G7 C G/B A7 He put another pane in, it took no time at all, C G/B A7 D7 G But I had to get a painter in to come and paint the wall, D D7 G D7 G C D7 G C D7 Oh..., it all makes work for the working man to do! | / / / / | G D7 G D7 G 'Twas on a Friday morning, the Painter made a start, C G A7 D D7 With undercoats, and over coats, he painted every part, G G7 C G/B A7 Every nook, and very cranny, but I found when he was gone... C G/B A7 D7 G ...He'd painted over the gas-tap, and I couldn't turn it on, D D7 G D7 G C D7 G Oh..., it all makes work for the working man to do! D7 G G7 C G/B A7 On Saturday, and Sunday, they do no work at all... C G A7 D7 G D7 G So, 'twas on a Monday morning that the gas-man came to call! ****************************************************************** http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fas/completeintro.html
