The Guernsey Kitchen Porter

Am E Am E7 Am D Am E Am E7 Am Lord above, protect me from my family E7 Do not let them get in touch with me Am D For I am bound to be a kitchen porter Am E7 Am Sure is a convenient thing to be E7 Am I don't mind the sweating and the screaming E7 Gimme a room seven foot by three Am D For I have urgent business on the mainland Am E7 Am It sure is a convenient place to be E7 Am Every evening when my shift is over E7 Scribble around a eucalyptus tree Am D It may not be the stairway up to heaven Am E7 Am But it sure is a convenient thing to be INSTRUMENTAL Am E Am E7 Am D Am E Am E7 Am Do not give me 'Fair Thee Well St. Peter's Port' E7 Do not give me Sarnia Cherie Am D For I have urgent business on the mainland Am E7 Am It sure is a convenient place to be E7 Am Long may I smell eucalyptus E7 Keep those grasping hands across the sea Am D For I don't wish to face the inconvenience Am E7 Am When that urgent business catches up with me OUTRO Am E Am E7 Am D Am E7 Am Sure is a convenient place to be