Nursery Tale chords by Allan Taylor

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D
D    A G A D
D    A G A D
G/D D7 G   A    D
G/D D7 G   A    D

Verse:
                  A    G       A        D
All around the houses, see the children run
                  A       G            A       D
See their happy faces, it seems they're having fun
G/D    D7     G           A            D
Ring-a-ring-a-roses and a pocketful of flowers
G/D     D7      G                 A             D
Singing lots of nursery rhymes to pass away the hours

Instrumental:
D    A G A D

Verse:
                      A        G     A      D
And sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye
                     A          G      A      D
Four-and-twenty blackbirds were flying in the sky
    G/D      D7            G           A               D
The children stopped their playing and looked into the air
    G/D      D7     G               A           D
And four-and-twenty blackbirds were coming very near

Instrumental:
D A D A G A D

Verse:
                          A       G      A         D
And as the birds drew nearer, the louder was their song
                       A       G      A         D
And bitter was their music and bitter was their song
    G/D    D7    G           A               D
And little Timmy Johnson, he got to fret and frown
G/D   D7   G             A        D
Bless you, bless you, we all fall down

Instrumental:
G    A    E    C    F    A
Dm

Verse:
           A7          Dm        A7
Little boy blue, don't blow your horn
        G     A       Dm
There's no cow in the corn
             A7            Dm          A7
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
    G             F   G     A
He's under the rubble fast asleep

Outro:
Dm