Nursery Tale chords by Allan Taylor

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD
D  A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
D  A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
G/DG/D D7D7 G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD
G/DG/D D7D7 G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD

Verse:
         A augmentedA  G+G    A augmentedA    D MajorD
All around the houses, see the children run
         A augmentedA    G+G      A augmentedA    D MajorD
See their happy faces, it seems they're having fun
G/DG/D  D7D7   G+G      A augmentedA      D MajorD
Ring-a-ring-a-roses and a pocketful of flowers
G/DG/D   D7D7   G+G         A augmentedA       D MajorD
Singing lots of nursery rhymes to pass away the hours

Instrumental:
D MajorD  A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse:
           A augmentedA    G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD
And sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye
           A augmentedA     G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Four-and-twenty blackbirds were flying in the sky
  G/DG/D   D7D7      G+G      A augmentedA        D MajorD
The children stopped their playing and looked into the air
  G/DG/D   D7D7   G+G        A augmentedA      D MajorD
And four-and-twenty blackbirds were coming very near

Instrumental:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse:
             A augmentedA    G+G   A augmentedA     D MajorD
And as the birds drew nearer, the louder was their song
            A augmentedA    G+G   A augmentedA     D MajorD
And bitter was their music and bitter was their song
  G/DG/D  D7D7  G+G      A augmentedA        D MajorD
And little Timmy Johnson, he got to fret and frown
G/DG/D  D7D7  G+G       A augmentedA    D MajorD
Bless you, bless you, we all fall down

Instrumental:
G+G  A augmentedA  E MajorE  C majorC  FF  A augmentedA
DmDm

Verse:
      A7A7     DmDm    A7A7
Little boy blue, don't blow your horn
    G+G   A augmentedA    DmDm
There's no cow in the corn
       A7A7      DmDm     A7A7
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
  G+G       FF  G+G   A augmentedA
He's under the rubble fast asleep

Outro:
DmDm