Standing On The Corner:The Four Lads.
#34 in UK and #3 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA
Records in 1956. (Great Canadian group from
Toronto. I believe the song hit #1 in Canada.)
***(This is for mvmystique and all his mates in Toronto.)***
INTRO: G Gm Eb C..G Bb Eb Ab
#1.
G C D Eb Ab
Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.
G C A Am7 D
Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.
D Gm7 G C
Brother you don't know a nicer occupation..matter of
Eb D
fact, neither do I.
G D C
Than standing on the corner watching all the girls..
G A G C B
watching all the girls, watching all the girls, go by.
BRIDGE:
Em7 C Em7 C Em7 C Em7
I'm the cat that got the cream..haven't got a girl but
C
I can dream.
G C Am7 G
Haven't got a girl but I can wish..so, I take me down
Ab G Db A C D
to Main Street and that's where I select my imaginary dish.
#2.
G C D Bb Eb Ab
Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.
G C A C D
Standing on the corner giving all the girls the eye.
G C
Brother if you've got a rich imagination..give it a
Ab D
whirl, give it a try.
G C
Try standing on the corner watching all the girls, watching
G A G Em7 B
all the girls, watching all the girls go by.
BRIDGE:
Em7 C Em7 C Em7 C Em7
Saturday and I'm so broke..haven't got a girl and that's no
C
joke.
G C Am7 G Ab
Still I'm living like, a millionaire, when I take me down to Main
G Db A Bbm Ab
Street, and I review the harem parading for me there.
#3.
Ab Db Dbm Cm B A
Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.
Ab Db Bbm Dbm Eb
Standing on the corner underneath the springtime sky.
Eb Ab Db
Brother, you can't go to jail for what you're thinking.
Bbm Eb
Or for the woo (wolf whistle) look in your eye.
OUTRO:
Eb Ab Eb Db
You're only standing on the corner watching all the girls,
Ab Bb Eb
watching all the girls, watching all the girls..(long wolf
Ab Db Ab
whistle)..go byyyyyyyyyyyyy.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
