C        G

C                  G
Sadie the cleaning lady
     G                                  C    
With trusty scrubbing brush and pail of water
           F                           C                A7
Worked her fingers to the bone for the life she had at home
    D7                              G7
Providing at the same time for her daughter

   C                  G
Ah Sadie the cleaning lady
    G                             C
Her aching knees not getting any younger
         F                            C                 A7
Well her red detergent hands have for years not held a man's
    D7                                   G7
And time would find her heart expired of hunger

           C                                Dm7
Scrub your floors, do your chores, dear old Sadie
         G7                                 C
Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady
          C                         Dm7
Can't afford to get bored, dear old Sadie
         G7                                 C         G#7
Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady

    C#                 G#
Ah, Sadie the cleaning lady
    G#                              C#
Her female mind would find a way of trapping
          F#                        C#           A#7
Though as gentle as a lamb, Sam the elevator man
   D#7                             G#7
So she could spend the night by TV napping

Violin Solo:
C#   D#m7   G#7   C#
C#   D#m7   G#7   C#   A

    D   N.C.
Ah, Sadie the cleaning lady

Her aching knees not getting any younger

Well, her red detergent hands have for years not held a man's

And time would find her heart expired of hunger

               D                                Em7
Ah, scrub your floors, do your chores, dear old Sadie
         A7                                 D
Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady
         D                         Em7
Can't afford to get bored dear old Sadie
          A7                                D       A#7
Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady

    D#                 A#
Ah, Sadie the cleaning lady
    A#                                  D#
Her Sam was what she got hook line and sinker
       G#                             D#              C7
To her sorrow and dismay, she's still working to this day
    F7                           A#7
Her Sam turned out to be a nervous figure

               D#                               Fm7
Ah, scrub your floors, do your chores, dear old Sadie
         A#7                                D#
Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady
        D#                         Fm7
Can't afford to get bored dear old Sadie
         A#7                                D#
Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady