Capo on 4th Fret.
Verse 1:
GD
Sticks and stones will break my bones,
GD
But I always will be true,
G D /c# Bm
When your mama is dead and gone,
EmA7suA7
I'll sing this lullaby just for you,
GD
So what becomes of little boys,
GD
Who never say their prayers,
GDBm
Well they're sleepin' like a baby,
Em7A7D
On the Nickel over there.
GD
And if you chew tobacco,
GD
And wish upon the star,
G D /c# Bm
Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
EmA7suA7
Man they look like punchlines between the cars,
GD
And I know a place where a royal flush,
GD
Can never beat a pair,
GDBm
And even Thomas Jefferson,
EmA7D
Is on the nickel over There.
GD
So ring around the rosie,
GD
You're sleepin in the rain,
GDBm
And you're always late for supper,
EmA7
And man you let me down again,
GD
I thought I heard a mocking bird,
GD
Roosevelt knows where,
GDBm
They're whisteling past the grave yard
EmAD
And they're on the nickel over there.
GD
So what becomes of little boys,
GD
That run away from home,
GDBm
Well the world keeps gettin' bigger,
EmA7sus4A7
Once you get out on your own,
GD
So climb up thru that buttonhole,
GD
And fall right up the stairs,
GDBm
I'll show you where the short dogs go,
EmA7sus4A7D
On the nickel...over there.
Seque into riff from Waltzing Matilda (not Tom Traubert's Blues)
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