Standard tuning: EADGBE
Intro
Verse:
I am a chimbley
A chimbley sweep
No bed to lie
No shoes to hold my feet
On the rooftop
In dead of night
You hear me cry
Pre-Chorus:
G#mI'll shake you from your sleep
F#
Hear me weep
B E
Your day will come in peace
ChorusG#m B E C#
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
G#m Eb G#m
A chimbley, chimbley sweep
Verse 2:
I am an orphan
An orphan boy
I know no love
I see no mother joy
A dirty doorstep
My cradle lay
My fortune made
Pre-Chorus:
I'll shake you from your sleep
Hear me weep
Your day will come in peace
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
A chimbley, chimbley sweep
Verse 3:
A lonely urchin
The widow cried
I've not been spoiled
Since the day my husband died
Her cheeks are blushing
Her legs lay bare
And shipwrecked there
Pre-Chorus:
I'll shake you from your sleep
Hear me weep
Your day will come indeed
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
A chimbley, chimbley sweep
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