Lionel Bart – Oom-Pah-Pah Chords

There’s a little ditty they’re singing in the city
Especially when they’ve been on the gin or the beer
If you’ve got the patience your own imaginations’ll
Tell you just exactly what you want to hear

Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, that’s how it goes
Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, everyone knows
They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear oom pah pah

Mister Percy Snodgrass would often have the odd glass
But never when he thought anybody could see
Secretly he’d buy it and drink it on the quiet
And dream he was an Earl with a girl on each knee

Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, that’s how it goes
Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, everyone knows
What is the cause of his red shiny nose
Could it be oom pah pah

Pretty little Sally goes walking down the alley
Displays a pretty ankle to all of the men
They could see her garters, but not for free and gratis
An inch or two and then she knows when to say [C when

Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, that’s how it goes
Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, everyone knows
Whether it’s hidden, or whether it shows
It’s the same, oom pah pah

Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, that’s how it goes
Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, everyone knows
Whether it’s hidden, or whether it shows
It’s the same, oom pah pah