Can I put you on

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I work for the foundry for a penny and a half a day  
 
	 C		       G	      C/G  G 
Like a blind street musician I never see those who pay  
 
     Am		    C 
It's dirty work in Birmingham  
 
       C 
Better deal for a Sheffield man  
 
	  G			  Am 
If he can rivet then his kids can buy  
 
C		     C   C C G 
Candy from the candy man  
 
 
	F		      C 
And the van that comes around weekends  
 
	F	     C 
Selling fancy city things  
 
F			 C 
Sold by the man with the trilby hat  
 
	F		     C/E 
And the whiskers spread like wings  
 
		 Am7 
You can hear him sing  
 
		     D 
Oh you can hear him sing  
 
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Can I put you on,  people can I put you on  
 
C			 G 
Tell you that I love you people  
 
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Sing a salesman's song and put you on  
 
 
      G					       G/F 
And a second cousin works in the pits in Newcastle on Tyne  
 
       C				       G 
And he don't care if it rains outside, there's coal dust on his mind  
 
     Am		   C 
It's dirty work in Manchester  
 
	C		    C 
But the crew gets paid its gelt  
 
G		    Am 
Bang on the bell on Friday  
 
C				C	C C G 
You buys a little something for yourself  
 
	F		      C 
And the van that comes around weekends  
 
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Oh!  Oh!  Oh!  People can I put you on? 
(REPEAT, AD LIB, FADE)