What A World
Benny HillVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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.
Now it was Christmas Day in the jailhouse, the old man sat in his
cell,
"Put out your pudding, for trico," he heard the warden yell,
"If you want trico on your pudding, put it out without delay."
The old man put out his pudding, and the warden took it away.
What a world, (what a world) what a place, (what a place)
Ain't you glad you're a member of the human race.
Now the folksinger came from America to sing at the Albert
Hall,
He sang his songs of protest and fairer shares for all,
He sang how the poor were much too poor and the rich too rich by
far,
Then he drove back to his penthouse in his brand new Rolls Royce
car.
Now Annie's
shorthand typist working for the
Her brother Jackie's in prison doing three years for forgery,
Her sister Josie's in Holloway, in Dockmoor is her Uncle Jim,
And her dad runs a pirate radio ship, but she never talks about
him.
Now three old maids had a she-cat, kept her indoors night and
day,
Kept her away from the he-cats, thought she'd like it better that
way,
Then one old maid went and got married, the next morning she
hastened to write,
A note to the others which simply said, "Let kitty out tonight."
Now the button was pressed, the world destroyed leaving just one
solitary man,
And at the top of the Empire State Building his lonely existance
began,
But his loneliness was too much so he jumped and he fell like a
bird with one wing,
And as he passed the seventh floor, he heard the telephone ring.
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.
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Readable chord sheet for What A World by Benny Hill
[C]
[F]
[G7]
T[C7]his 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.
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.
[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.
[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."
[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.
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.