Title: The Egg Marketing Board Tango Artist: Benny Hill Chords: G, D, A7
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."
It's the [G]Egg Marketing Board [D]Tango, In [A7]other words, the dance of [D]love. [A7] [D]
You [D]go down to the pally and you're [A7]eager for a dance, You see a lovely stranger and your [D]eyes meet quite by chance. She's [G]warm and she's desirable with [D]lips meant to be kissed, So you [A7]stand eight feet apart and do the [D]twist. [n/c]Oh Lor'!
But in the [G]tango you get the chance to [D]hold her oh so near, As you [G]gaze into her lovely eyes of [D]blue. And while you're [A7]dancing you whisper sweet [D]nothings in her ear, And she [G]says, "Sweet nothing doing," back to [A7]you.
You [D]give her a nibble, you [A7]give her cheek a peck, You've got her in a grip of steel, you're [D]breathing down her neck. And [G]then she says those magic words that [D]thrill you through and through, "You've been [A]7eating pickled onions, haven't [D]you? [n/c]Oh, poo!"
Once I [D]met a girl called Kitty, she was [A7]pretty as can be, She lived up in the city and she [D]asked me 'round to tea. But [G]pretty, witty Kitty, she [D]tried to pull my leg, So I [A7]hit her, what a pity, with a [D]soft boiled egg.
Then the [G]wireless played a tango and I [D]held her in my arms, As we [G]swayed and we glided 'round the [D]room. And when her [A7]dad came in we carried on, a[D]las I didn't know, He was [G]deaf and he couldn't hear the [A7]tune.
He [D]punched me in the ear-o, he [A7]hit me with a vase, He chased down the garden and he [D]kicked me on the grass. And [G]now I swear I'm finished, as [D]true as stars above, With the [A7]ango, the dance of [D]love.
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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