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Nursery Tale

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[Intro]
D
D    A G A D
D    A G A D
G/D D7 G   A    D
G/D D7 G   A    D
[Verse]
All around the houAses, Gsee the Achildren Drun
See their happy faAces, it Gseems they're Ahaving Dfun
G/DRing-a-D7ring-a-Groses and a Apocketful of Dflowers
G/DSinging D7lots of Gnursery rhymes to Apass away the Dhours
[Instrumental]
D    A G A D
[Verse]
And sing a song of sixApence, a GpocketAful of Drye
Four-and-twenty blackAbirds were Gflying Ain the Dsky
The G/Dchildren D7stopped their Gplaying and Alooked into the Dair
And G/Dfour-and-D7twenty Gblackbirds were Acoming very Dnear
[Instrumental]
D A D A G A D
[Verse]
And as the birds drew nearAer, the Glouder Awas their Dsong
And bitter was their muAsic and Gbitter Awas their Dsong
And G/Dlittle D7Timmy GJohnson, he Agot to fret and Dfrown
G/DBless D7you, Gbless you, we Aall fall Ddown
[Instrumental]
G    A    E    C    F    A
Dm
[Verse]
Little boy A7blue, don't Dmblow your A7horn
There's Gno cow Ain the Dmcorn
Where is the A7boy who looks Dmafter the shA7eep?
He's Gunder the rubFble Gfast aAsleep
[Outro]
Dm

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Nursery Tale

by Allan Taylor

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/D

[Intro]

D A G A D

G/D D7 G A D

[Verse]

A G A D

All around the houses, see the children run

A G A D

See their happy faces, it seems they're having fun

G/D D7 G A D

Ring-a-ring-a-roses and a pocketful of flowers

G/D D7 G A D

Singing lots of nursery rhymes to pass away the hours

[Instrumental]

D A G A D

[Verse]

A G A D

And sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye

A G A D

Four-and-twenty blackbirds were flying in the sky

G/D D7 G A D

The children stopped their playing and looked into the air

G/D D7 G A D

And four-and-twenty blackbirds were coming very near

[Instrumental]

D A D A G A D

[Verse]

A G A D

And as the birds drew nearer, the louder was their song

A G A D

And bitter was their music and bitter was their song

G/D D7 G A D

And little Timmy Johnson, he got to fret and frown

G/D D7 G A D

Bless you, bless you, we all fall down

[Instrumental]

G A E C F A

[Verse]

A7 Dm A7

Little boy blue, don't blow your horn

G A Dm

There's no cow in the corn

A7 Dm A7

Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?

G F G A

He's under the rubble fast asleep

[Outro]

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