I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly chords by Burl Ives

Chords with lyrics

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives and others
written by Rose Bonne and Alan Mills

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
E minorEm       A augmentedA
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
        D MajorD  A7A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
   E minorEm           A augmentedA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D MajorD            D MajorD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D MajorD   A7A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
E minorEm       A augmentedA
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
  D MajorD           D MajorD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   E minorEm           A augmentedA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D MajorD            D MajorD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D MajorD   A7A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
 E minorEm        A augmentedA
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D MajorD           D MajorD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   E minorEm           A augmentedA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D MajorD            D MajorD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D MajorD   A7A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
E minorEm       A augmentedA
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D MajorD           D MajorD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   E minorEm           A augmentedA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D MajorD            D MajorD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D MajorD   A7A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
   E minorEm          A augmentedA
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
  D MajorD           D MajorD
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D MajorD           D MajorD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   E minorEm           A augmentedA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D MajorD            D MajorD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D MajorD   A7A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
E minorEm          A augmentedA
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
  D MajorD           D MajorD
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
  D MajorD          D MajorD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D MajorD           D MajorD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   E minorEm           A augmentedA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D MajorD            D MajorD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D MajorD   A7A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D MajorD          B minorBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -

She's dead, of course.

(strum once at every chord)