Biography:
The Humblebums were a Scottish folk band, based in Glasgow. Its members included Billy Connolly, who later became a renowned stand-up comic and actor, guitarist Tam Harvey and singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty. The band was active from the mid-1960s until the early 1970s.
Connolly co-founded the band with Harvey in the mid-1960s and played in the pubs and clubs around the city, most notably the Scotia Bar. Connolly sang, played banjo and guitar and entertained the audience with his humorous introductions to the songs.
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Shoeshine Boy (1970)
Written by Gerry Rafferty
The Humblebums
[Verse 1]
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' downtown on Main Street
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
[Verse 2]
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, don't have no ambition, just wants to be a kerbside boot black
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, your daddy's getting older, gotta take the weight off his back
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
[Bridge]
F Am G F
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
F Am G C G
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.
*Instrumental*
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
[Bridge]
F Am G F
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
F Am G C G
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.
[Verse 3]
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' downtown on Main Street
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
Written by Gerry Rafferty
The Humblebums
[Verse 1]
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' downtown on Main Street
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
[Verse 2]
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, don't have no ambition, just wants to be a kerbside boot black
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, your daddy's getting older, gotta take the weight off his back
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
[Bridge]
F Am G F
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
F Am G C G
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.
*Instrumental*
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
[Bridge]
F Am G F
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
F Am G C G
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.
[Verse 3]
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' downtown on Main Street
C F G C
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet
F G C F
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
C F G F C
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady 'til the break of day.
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