Biography:
Tommy Steele OBE (born December 17, 1936 in London, England) is an English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first pop idol. Born Thomas Willam Hicks in Mason Street Bermondsey, London, his cheeky Cockney image and boy-next-door looks won him success as a musician, singer and actor.
Singer
Before landing a singing career, Steele tried his hand at a number of odd jobs and had a brief spell as a merchant seaman. Like many singers of his era he never did National Service
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No 5 in the UK charts in 1960.
Capo on 1 for correct key = G#. Ps north and south is cockney rhyming slang for mouth,
'race' is short for 'boatrace' cockney rhyming slang for face, 'corfs' = coughs.
Intro = G D C G G D G
Verse 1
G
Jimmy Bean was a funny lookin' fellah
A
If he had another mouth he'd look much sweller
D
But the "race" queered him from winning a beauty show
G
It was like a steamboat funnel
A
Or a railway arch or the Blackwall Tunnel
D
When you can't see Jim when he opens his mouth you'll know
D
And as poor Jim goes walkin' about
D D7
You can hear the kids all 'ollerin' out
Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now when he was a baby well oh Gawd luv 'er
D
His poor old muvver used to feed him with a shovel
G D
What a gap poor chap he's never been known to laugh
G D C G C D G
If he did it's a penny to a quid that his face would fall in 'alf
G D C G G D G
Verse 2
G
Mouth so large oh Lord oh lummey
A
He can whisper in his own ear ain't it funny
D
And to quench his thirst now he's gotta take a drink o' mine
G
He got so drunk one foggy morn
A
He lay in the road and started to yawn
D
And a poor old man was delivering coals close by
D
And as he went to shoot the load
D D7
He saw Jim's mouth out in the road
Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
D
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
G D
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G D C G C D G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke
G D C G G D G
Repeat Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
D
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
G D
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G D C G C D G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke
G D C G G D G
G D C G G D G
Capo on 1 for correct key = G#. Ps north and south is cockney rhyming slang for mouth,
'race' is short for 'boatrace' cockney rhyming slang for face, 'corfs' = coughs.
Intro = G D C G G D G
Verse 1
G
Jimmy Bean was a funny lookin' fellah
A
If he had another mouth he'd look much sweller
D
But the "race" queered him from winning a beauty show
G
It was like a steamboat funnel
A
Or a railway arch or the Blackwall Tunnel
D
When you can't see Jim when he opens his mouth you'll know
D
And as poor Jim goes walkin' about
D D7
You can hear the kids all 'ollerin' out
Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now when he was a baby well oh Gawd luv 'er
D
His poor old muvver used to feed him with a shovel
G D
What a gap poor chap he's never been known to laugh
G D C G C D G
If he did it's a penny to a quid that his face would fall in 'alf
G D C G G D G
Verse 2
G
Mouth so large oh Lord oh lummey
A
He can whisper in his own ear ain't it funny
D
And to quench his thirst now he's gotta take a drink o' mine
G
He got so drunk one foggy morn
A
He lay in the road and started to yawn
D
And a poor old man was delivering coals close by
D
And as he went to shoot the load
D D7
He saw Jim's mouth out in the road
Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
D
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
G D
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G D C G C D G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke
G D C G G D G
Repeat Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
D
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
G D
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G D C G C D G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke
G D C G G D G
G D C G G D G
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