The Little Mouse chords by Malvina Reynolds

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:


  A augmentedA               E MajorE
A augmentedA little mouse got into the wires

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At the central clearing house in Buenos Aires

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One little mouse short circuited the computers

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Says a press dispatch from Reuters

         D MajorD    A augmentedA
Hooray for the little mouse

    BB          E MajorE
That fucked up the clearing house

 D MajorD              A augmentedA
And threw the Stock Exchange in a spin

 B minorBm           E MajorE
And made the bankers cry


Chorus 1:


  A augmentedA
So much for the electronic brains

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That run the world of banks and aeroplanes

    D MajorD            A augmentedA    B minorBm
And if one little mouse can set them all awry

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Why not you and I?


Verse 2:


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Then there was another item in the papers

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About a bank's computers

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That messed up the accounts

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So the farmer's checks all bounced

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So his business fell apart

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And it nearly broke his heart

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So he took the bank to court

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And they gave him an award

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Of a hundred and fifty thousand dollars

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The bank appealed and on due consideration

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The higher court doubled the compensation

Bridge 1:


D MajorD                A augmentedA
So if a computer does it to you

      E MajorE           A augmentedA
You can sue, or chew the wires through


Verse 3:


  A augmentedA               E MajorE
A augmentedA little mouse got into the wires

                   A augmentedA    E7E7
At the central clearing house in Buenos Aires

         A augmentedA               E7E7
One little mouse short circuited the computers

                  A augmentedA
Says a press dispatch from Reuters


         D MajorD   A augmentedA
Hooray for the little mouse

    BB          E MajorE
That fucked up the clearing house

 D MajorD              A augmentedA
And threw the Stock Exchange in a spin

 B minorBm           E MajorE
And made the bankers cry


Chorus 2:


  A augmentedA
So much for the electronic brains

            E MajorE     A augmentedA
That run the world of banks and aeroplanes

    D MajorD            A augmentedA    B minorBm
And if one little mouse can set them all awry

E MajorE         A augmentedA E MajorE
Why not you and I?