The Laughing Gnome Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

CI was walking- down the high street- when I G♯heard footsteps beChind me,

 and G♯there was a little old Cman in Fscarlet and Cgrey, Fchuckling awayC.

 Well he trotted- back to my house- and he G♯sat beside the Ctelly,

 with his G♯tiny hands on his Ctummy, cFhuckling Caway, cFhugging all daCy.

[spoken] "I ought to report you to the gnome office." "Gnome office, ha,ha,ha!"

A♯9Ha,ha, ha!- F7Hee,hee, hee!- A♯9I'm a laughing gnome and you cF7an't catch me.-

A♯9Ha,ha, ha!- F7Hee,hee, hee!- A♯9I'm a laughing gnome and you cG♯7an't catch me.-F7

 Said the laughing Cgnome.

 Well I gave him- roasted toad-stools- And a G♯glass of dandelion Cwine.

 Then I G♯put him on a train to CEastbourne and Fcarried his Cbag and Fgave him a fag.C

C"Ave you got a light boy?" "'Ere! Where do you come from?"

"Gnome-man's land." "Oh,really."

CIn the morning- when I woke up- he was G♯sitting on the edge of my Cbed-

 with his G♯brother whose name was CFred. He'd Fbrought him Calong- to Fsing me a song.-C

C"Alright let's here it?" "'Ere! what's that clicking sound?"

 "That's Fred. He's a metrognome." "FOwn up. I'm a gnome, ain' I?"

C"Ain't you got a gnome to go to?"

"No! We're gnomads." "Didn't they teach you to get your 'aircut at school? You

look like a rolling gnome."

"Not at the London school of Ecognomics."

CNow they staying- up the chimney- and we're G♯living on caviar and Choney-

 'cause they're G♯earning me lots of Cmoney,writing Fcomedy Cprose for Fradio sChows.

"It's the er- it's the gnome service, of course."

[repeat chorus and fade]