I’m (Em)Bert

P’raps you’ve heard of me, (Em)Bert,

you’ve had word of me, (Em)Jog ging (B7)a (E7)long, (Am)heart y and strong.

(B)Liv ing on (Am7)plates of fresh (B7)air,

I (Em)dress

up in fash ion, and, (Em)when I am feel ing de (B7)press’d,

but I (Em)shave from my (B7)cuff all the (E)whis kers and (B7)fluff, stick my (A7)hat on and tod dle up (D7)West.

I’m (G)Bur ling ton Ber tie, I rise at ten thir ty and saun ter a long like a (C)toff,

I (Am)walk down the Strand with my gloves on my hand, then I walk down a gain with them (D7)off,

I’m (G)all airs and (Cm)gra ces, cor (G)rect ea sy pa ces, with (D7)out food (Fdim)so (Am)long I’ve (Amb5)for (D7)got where my face is I’m (G)Bert, (E7)Bert, I (D7)have n’t a shirt, but my (G)peo ple are well off, you (Am7)know!

Near ly (G)ev (D7)’ry (G7)one (C)knows (D7)me, (E7)from (A)Smith (E7)to (A7)Lord (D7)Rose b’ry I’m (G)Bur (G#dim)ling ton (D7)Ber tie from (G)Bow!”

I (Em)stroll

with Lord Hur ling ton, (Em)roll

in the Bur ling ton, (Em)сall for (B7)Cham (E7)pagne, (Am)walk out a gain, (B)come back and (Am7)bor row the (B7)ink,

I (Em)live

most ex pen sive, like (Em)Tom Lip ton I’m in the (B7)swim,

but He’s (Em)got so much (B7)‘oof’, that he (E)sleeps on the (B7)roof, and I (A7)live in the room ov er (D7)him.

I’m (G)Bur ling ton Ber tie, I rise at ten thir ty then saun ter a long Tem ple (C)Bar,

as (Am)round there I skip, I keep shout ing “Pip!

Pip!” and the darn’d fools think I’m in my (D7)car,

at (G)Roth child’s I (Cm)swank it, my (G)bo dy I plank it on (D7)his front (Fdim)door (Am)step with (Amb5)“the (D7)Mail” for a blan ket, I’m (G)Bert, (E7)Bert, and (D7)Roth child was hurt, he said, (G)“You can’t sleep there I said (Am7)Oh!”

He said (G)I’m (D7)Roth (G7)child (C)son (D7)ny!” (E7)I (A)said, (E7)“That’s (A7)damn’d (D7)fun ny I’m (G)Bur (G#dim)ling ton (D7)Ber tie from (G)Bow!”