The Tale Of Mr Morton chords by Schoolhouse Rock

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Db

Difficulty: Novice

Db                  Ab               Gb
This is the tale of Mister Morton
                 Ab
Mister Morton is who?
Db                Ab
He is the subject of our tale
        Gb                   Ab
And the predicate tells what Mister
            Db
Morton must do

                     Ab              Gb
Mister Morton walked down the street
              Ab          Db
Mister Morton walked
                     Ab              Gb
Mister Morton talked to his cat
               Ab
Mister Morton talked
                                     Bbm
     (Hello, cat. You look good.)

Mister Morton was lonely

Mister Morton was

       Gb                Ab
Mister Morton is the subject of the
Db                    Gb        Ab
Sentence and what the predicate says
       Db
He does

                    Ab               Gb
Mister Morton knew just one girl
              Ab          Db
Mister Morton knew
                   Ab                Gb
Mister Morton grew flowers for Perl
              Db            Bbm
Mister Morton grew

Mister Morton was very shy

Mister Morton was

       Gb               Ab
Mister Morton is the subject of the
Db                     Gb       Ab
Sentence and what the predicate says
       Db
He does
Ab
The subject is a noun, that's person

Place or thing
     Db
It's who or what the sentence is about
       Ab
And the predicate is the verb

That's the action word
      Bb
That gets the subject up and out

key change:

Eb                   Bb              Ab
Mister Morton wrote Pearl a poem
              Bb             Eb
Mister Morton wrote
                      Bb
Pearl replied in the afternoon
Ab                 Bb                Dbm
Pearl replied by a note

Mister Morton was very nervous

Mister Morton was

      Ab                Bb
Mister Morton is the subject of the
Eb                    Ab         Bb
Sentence and what the predicate says
       Eb
He does!

     Bb
The cat stretched

The sun beat down
  Eb
A neighbor chased his kid

(Come here kid - come on!)
      Bb
Each sentence is completed when
    Ab                Bb
You know the subject did

Eb                    Bb             Ab
Mister Morton knocked on her door
               Bb              Eb
Mister Morton knocked
                  Bb
Mister Morton sat on her porch
                  Ab      Bb         Cm
--Yes, he just-- sat and rocked

Mister Morton was a Nervous man

When she opened up the door he ran

Eb                    Bb             Ab
Mister Morton climbed up his stairs
               Bb           Eb
Mister Morton climbed
                     Bb              Ab
Mister Morton rhymed pretty words
              Bb         Cm
Mister Morton rhymed

Mister Morton was lonely

Mister Morton was
   Bb
Until Pearl showed up with a single rose
 Bb
Who says women can't propose?
Eb                     Bb
 Now Mister Morton is happy
     Ab                    Bb
And Pearl and the cat are too
Eb            Bb               Cm
 They're the subjects of the sentence
               Ab       Bb         Eb
And what the predicate says, they do