{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2577378,"song":"Lizzie Borden","artist":"Chad Mitchell Trio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11516987-lizzie-borden-chords-by-chad-mitchell-trio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2577378?type=chord","rating":4.6574,"votes":12,"content":"[ch]F#dim[/ch]  2x121x\r\n\r\n[Spoken]\r\nN.C.\r\nLizzie Borden took an axe\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd gave her mother forty whacks\r\nN.C.\r\nWhen she saw what she had done\r\nN.C.\r\nShe gave her father forty-one\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C/C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nYesterday in old Fall River[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMr. Andrew Borden died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he got his daughter, Lizzie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a charge of homicide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome folks say she didn't do it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd others say of course she did[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F#dim[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut they all agree, Miss Lizzie B[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas a problem kinda kid[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNot even if it's planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAs a surprise (a surprise)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo, you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know how neighbors love to criticize[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, she got him on the sofa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere he'd gone to take a snooze[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F#dim[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I hope he went to Heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause he wasn't wearing shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLizzie kinda rearranged him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a hatchet so they say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#dim[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen she got her mother[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn that same old-fashioned way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you can't chop your Mama up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNot even if you're tired of[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHer cuisine (her cuisine)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo can't chop your mama up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know it's almost sure to cause a scene[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, they really kept her hopping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\non that busy afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F#dim[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWith both down and upstairs chopping[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile she hummed a ragtime tune[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey really made her hustle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when all was said and done[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F#dim[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nShe'd removed her mother's bustle[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen she wasn't wearing one[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow can't chop your Mama up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd then blame all the damage[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nOn the mice (on the mice)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo, you can't chop your Mama up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat sort of thing just isn't very nice[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow it wasn't done for pleasure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it wasn't done for spite[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F#dim[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd it wasn't done because[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lady wasn't very bright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe'd always done the slightest thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat mom and papa bid[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F#dim[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey said, Lizzie, cut it out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo that's exactly what she did[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then get dressed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd go out for a walk[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo, you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMassachusetts is a far cry From New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Spoken]\r\nN.C.\r\nShut the door and lock and latch it\r\nN.C.\r\nHere comes Lizzie with a brand new hatchet\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Spoken]\r\nN.C.\r\nSuch a snob I've heard it said\r\nN.C.\r\nShe met her pa and cut him dead\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Spoken]\r\nN.C.\r\nJump like a fish\r\nN.C.\r\nJump like a porpoise\r\nN.C.\r\nAll join hands and habeas corpus\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMassachusetts is a far cry From New York[/tab]","plain_text":"F#dim  2x121x\n\n[Spoken]\nN.C.\nLizzie Borden took an axe\nN.C.\nAnd gave her mother forty whacks\nN.C.\nWhen she saw what she had done\nN.C.\nShe gave her father forty-one\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Spoken]\nN.C.\nShut the door and lock and latch it\nN.C.\nHere comes Lizzie with a brand new hatchet\n\n\n\n\n[Spoken]\nN.C.\nSuch a snob I've heard it said\nN.C.\nShe met her pa and cut him dead\n\n\n\n\n[Spoken]\nN.C.\nJump like a fish\nN.C.\nJump like a porpoise\nN.C.\nAll join hands and habeas 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