Bishop Danced Acoustic Live chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

G+G
Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman

                 C majorC        G+G
Did a double-quick back flip and slid across the floor

  C majorC            G+G
The Catholic traffic flowed freely 'cross the river

               FF       C majorC  G+G
And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door

Verse 2:

G+G
Oh baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree

         C majorC     G+G
If the bow breaks mama might fall

G+G          C majorC
Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely

G+G              C majorC       G+G
Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall

G+G              FF       C majorC  G+G
Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall

Chorus:

G+G            C majorC            G+G
And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin'

C majorC              G+G
Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call

C majorC          G+G
Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace

    G+G
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn

    G+G                FF          C majorC  G+G
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born

Verse 3:

   G+G
Well maverick daddy got one-eyed bridge

               E minorEm       C majorC
She glides like a monkey-mule kicking on the back slide

C majorC           G+G
Over hill, over hill, daddy don't you spill now

G+G               C majorC       G+G
Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill

G+G               FF       C majorC  G+G
Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill

Verse 4:

  G+G          C majorC          G+G
And Billy, he's crying "Tomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck now"

  C majorC                  G+G
The Mohawks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods

C majorC        G+G
Monatuk, Ocanuk, runnin' through my dreams now

   G+G
With fire on their fingertips and indian screams

   G+G              FF        C majorC     G+G
With fire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  G+G x2

Verse 5:

   G+G
Well early in the morning the cannoneer cried

  G+G
"I seen the sailor's warning in the western sky"

   C majorC             G+G
Well mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree

C majorC                 FF    G+G  C majorC  G+G
Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me

Verse 6:

G+G                C majorC
And my darling cried, she said "Honey, the weathervane

         C/GC/G
Lately it's been pointing the way to heaven

C majorC                         G+G
Scatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall

C majorC                     G+G
Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choir boys

    G+G
They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall

    G+G               FF         C majorC  G+G
They're bustin' off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall

Chorus:

G+G            C majorC            G+G
And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin'

C majorC              G+G
Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call

C majorC          G+G
Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace

    G+G
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn

    G+G                FF          C majorC  G+G
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  G+G x2

Chorus:

G+G            C majorC            G+G
And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin'

C majorC              G+G
Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call

C majorC          G+G
Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace

    G+G
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn

    G+G                FF          C majorC  G+G
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born