Elton John – Can I Put You On (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

  G                                           F 
I work for the foundry for a penny and a half a day  

           C                      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        C
If he can rivet then his kids can buy  

C                                    F  | C |  G 
Candy from the candy man  
CHORUS:
              F               C/G 
And the van that comes around weekends  

            F                C/G
Selling fancy city things  

F                         C/G 
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  

                G       G/B                       C  
Can I put you on,  people can I put you on  

D                             G 
Tell you that I love you people  

                C                             F | C | G 
Sing a salesman's song and put you on  

          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                
But the crew gets paid its gelt  

G                   Am 
Bang on the bell on Friday  

C                               C       F  | C | G 
You buys a little something for yourself  
Chorus
              F               C/G 
And the van that comes around weekends  

            F                C/G
Selling fancy city things  

F                         C/G 
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  

                G       G/B                       C  
Can I put you on,  people can I put you on  

D                             G 
Tell you that I love you people  

                C                             F | C | G 
Sing a salesman's song and put you on  
(Repeat Chorus) Ending:
  G          F           C                                       G 
Oh!         Oh!       Oh!   People can I put you on? 
(REPEAT, AD LIB, FADE)