Knees Up Mother Brown chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

I have tabbed two versions of this song so you can choose which version
suits the occasion in which you are playing.

Sing along version

Verse 1
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Knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown
G+G
Under the table you must go

Ee-aye Ee-aye Ee-aye-oh
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And if I catch you bending I'll saw your knees right off
G+G
Knees up knees up never get the breeze up
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Knees up Mother Brown

Verse 2
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Oh my what a rotten song what a rotten song
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What a rotten song oh my what a rotten song
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What a rotten singer and what a rotten song

Traditional version

Verse 1
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There came a girl from France
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Who didn't know how to dance
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The only thing that she could do
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Was knees up Mother Brown

Chorus
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Oh knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown
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Knees up knees up never let the breeze up
        C majorC
Knees up Mother Brown

Verse 2
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Oh hopping on one foot
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Hopping on one foot
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Hopping hopping never stopping
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Hopping on one foot

Chorus
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Oh knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown
G+G
Knees up knees up never let the breeze up
        C majorC
Knees up Mother Brown

Verse 3
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Oh prancing up and down
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Prancing up and down
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Prancing prancing never dancing
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Prancing up and down

Chorus
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Oh knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown
G+G
Knees up knees up never let the breeze up
        C majorC
Knees up Mother Brown

Verse 4
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And whirling round and round
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Whirling round and round
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Whirling whirling never twirling
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Whirling round and round

Chorus x 2
C majorC            FF
Oh knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown
G+G
Knees up knees up never let the breeze up
        C majorC
Knees up Mother Brown
C majorC            FF
Oh knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown
G+G
Knees up knees up never let the breeze up
        C majorC