What A World

Title: What a World

Artist: Benny Hill

Chords: C, F, G7, C7

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.

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.

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.

Now [C]Annie's a shorthand typist [F]working for the B.B.[G7]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.

Now [C]three old maids had a she-cat, [F]kept her indoors night and

[G7]day,

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."

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.

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Transcribed by Hoser "Great spirits have always encountered

deh@ark.com violent opposition from mediocre minds."

http://mars.ark.com/~deh -Albert Einstein

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