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Chords: C, F, G7, C7 This song can be found on the CD "The World of Benny Hill - Benny Hill Sings?" which includes 25 of his comedy classics. It also appeared on an old vinyl recording, "The Golden Hour of Benny Hill." Incidentally, C///\ = C chord strummed down three times and up once. C///\ F///\ C///\ G7///\ Now it was [C]Christmas Day in the jailhouse, the [F]old man sat in his [G7]cell, "[C]Put out your pudding, for trico," he [F]heard the warden [G7]yell, "If you want [C]trico on your [F]pudding, put it [C]out without de[F]lay." The [C]old man put out his pudding, and the [G7]warden took it a[C]way. Chorus: What a [G7]world, (what a world) what a [C]place, (what a place) Ain't you [F]glad you're a member [G7]of the human [C]race. [G7] Now the [C]folksinger came from America to [F]sing at the Albert [G7]Hall, He [C]sang his songs of protest and [F]fairer shares for [G7]all, He [C]sang how the poor were [F]much too poor and the [C]rich too rich by [F]far, Then [C]he drove back to his penthouse in his [G7]brand new Rolls Royce [C]car. Chorus [G7] Now [C]Annie's a shorthand typist [F]working for the B.B.[G7]C., [C]Her brother Jackie's in prison doing [F]three years for forge[G7]ry, Her [C]sister Josie's in [F]Holloway, in [C]Dockmoor is her Uncle [F]Jim, And her [C]dad runs a pirate radio ship, but [G7]she never talks about [C]him. Chorus [G7] Now [C]three old maids had a she-cat, [F]kept her indoors night and [G7]day, [C]Kept her away from the he-cats, thought she'd [F]like it better that [G7]way, Then [C]one old maid went and got [F]married, the next [C]morning she hastened to [F]write, A [C]note to the others which simply said, "Let [G7]kitty out to[C]night." Chorus [G7] Now the [C]button was pressed, the world destroyed leaving [F]just one solitary [G7]man, And at the [C]top of the Empire State Building his [F]lonely existance be[G7]gan, But his [C]loneliness was too [F]much so he jumped and he [C]fell like a bird with one [F]wing, And [C]as he passed the seventh floor, [G7] he heard the telephone [C]ring. Chorus PS- I don't know what 'trico' is, or if it's spelled correctly, but that's just the way it sounds. (c: This is one in a series of Benny Hill songs I've learned by ear. Most of these songs have only three chords which makes it easy figure them out. I might have missed some chords or put the wrong ones down, but the basic structure is there at any rate. I welcome any comments, corrections or suggestions for improvement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed by Hoser "Great spirits have always encountered deh@ark.com violent opposition from mediocre minds." http://mars.ark.com/~deh -Albert Einstein ---------------------------------------------------------------------------