A
		A                   E        F#m            F#m/G#    A  D/B
		I'm going on the circuit, I'm doing all the          clubs
		Bm    A/C#  D      Esus4         A/G                D/F#    E
		And I really need a song boys to stir those workers up
		A                                    E          F#m          F#m/G#   A  D/B
		And get their wives to sing it with me just like in the         pubs
		Bm      A/C#          D          D/B       Esus4    D/E
		When I worked the good old pubs in Stepney
		Oh could you knock a line or two together for a friend
		Sentimental tear inducing with a happy end
		And we need a tune to open our season at Southend
		                    Esus4  G  C/E  Cm/Eb  C/E
		Can you help us
		F                                     C/G   G
		It's hard to write a song with bitter fingers
		C                                  Am          Amb5 Am  F
		So much to prove, so few to tell you why
		                                    C/G             G
		Those old die-hards in Denmark Street start laughing
		            C                                    Am            Amb5 Am Dm
		At the keyboard player's hollow haunted eyes
		                                         C/E
		It seems to me a change is really needed
		F                                   C/G      Cm/F#  C/G  F
		I'm sick of tra-la-las and la-de-das
		                                          C/G            G
		No more long days hacking hunks of garbage
		           C                                   E                    E7
		Bitter fingers never swung on swinging stars, swinging stars
		A                         E       F#m             F#m/G#    A  D/B
		I like the warm blue flame, the hazy heat it             brings
		Bm          A/C#  D Esus4         A/G              D/F#    E
		It loosens up     the muscles and forces you to sing
		Bm                A/C#  D      Esus4                    A/G              D/F#    E
		You know it's just another hit and run from the tin pan alley twins
		A                                  E         F#m               F#m/G#    A                 D/B
		And there's a chance that one day you might write a           standard lads
		Bm                  A/C#  D Esus4           A/G                            D/F#    E
		So churn them out         quick and fast and we'll still pat your backs
		A                            E             F#m              F#m/G#    A                 D/B
		`Cause we need what we can get to launch another      dozen acts
		Bm A/C# D D/B  Esus4         G  C/E  Cm/Eb  C/E
		Are                   you working