What A World - Benny Hill Chords
Chords: C, G, F, Em, Dm, Chorus, BBC
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Genre: comedy, novelty, parody
Capo on 4 to play in correct key(E).
Intro = C G C G
Verse 1
C F C F
Now it was Christmas Day in the jailhouse the old man sat in his cell
C Em Dm G
Put out your pudding for treacle he heard the warden yell
C F C F
If you want treacle on your pudding put it out without delay
C Em F C
The old man put out his pudding and the warden took it away
Chorus
G C
What a world what a place
F G C G
Ain't you glad you're a member of the human race
Verse 2
C F C F
Now the folksinger came from America to sing at the Albert Hall
C Em Dm G
He sang his songs of protest and fairer shares for all
C F C F
He sang how the poor were much too poor and the rich too rich by far
C Em F C
Then he drove back to his penthouse in his brand new Rolls Royce car
Chorus
G C
What a world what a place
F G C G
Ain't you glad you're a member of the human race
Verse 3
C F C F
Now Annie's a shorthand typist working for the BBC
C Em Dm G
Her brother Jackie's in prison doing three years for forgery
C F C F
Her sister Josie's in Holloway in Dartmoor is her Uncle Jim
C Em F C
And her dad runs a pirate radio ship but she never talks about him
Chorus
G C
What a world what a place
F G C G
Ain't you glad you're a member of the human race
Verse 4
C F C F
Now three old maids had a she cat kept her indoors night and day
C Em Dm G
Kept her away from the he cats thought she'd like it better that way
C F C F
Then one old maid went and got married the next morning she hastened to write
C Em F C
A note to the others which simply said let kitty out tonight
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