Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Novice
Traditional, based on Child Ballad 278
Verse 1:
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There was an old man, he lived over the hill
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If he ain't moved away he's a-living there still
Chorus:
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Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
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Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 2:
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The devil he come to his house one day
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Says, "One of your family I'm gonna take away"
Chorus:
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Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
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Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 3:
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"Take her, my wife, with all of my heart
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And I hope to God you never part"
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 4:
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The devil he put her up on his back
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And off to hell he went clickety-clack
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 5:
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When he got her down to the gates of hell
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He says, "Punch up the fire, we'll scorch her well"
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 6:
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In come a little devil dragging a chain
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She up with a hatchet and split his brain
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 7:
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Now nine little devils come a-climbing a wall
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Saying, "Take her back daddy! She'll murder us all!"
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 8:
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The old man he was a-peeking out of crack
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And he saw the old devil come dragging her back
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day
Verse 9:
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That's one thing women have over men
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They can all go to hell and come back again
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing, hi di diddle aye diddle aye fi
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Hi di diddle aye day