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Starts in the key of F# major:
Intro
SI FA# SI FA# SI FA# MIbm
e-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|
G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|
D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|
A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|
E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
SOL#m DO# FA#
e----------|-----||
b----------|-----||
G----------|-----||
D-8------6-|-----||
A---9--9---|9----||
E----------|-----||
Verse 1:
SI FA#
Stick and Stones will Break my Bones,
SI FA#
But I always will be true,
SI FA# MIbm
And when your mama is dead and gone,
SOL#m DO#(sus4)--C#
I'll Sing this Lulabye just for you,
SI FA#
And what becomes of all the little boys,
SI FA#
Who never comb their hair
B G#(major) F# D#m
Well they're lined up all around the block
SOL#m DO# FA#
On the Nickel over there.
Verse 2:
SI FA#
So you better bring a bucket,
SI FA#
There is a hole in the pail,
SI FA# MIbm
And if you don't get my letter,
SOL#m DO#(sus4)--C#
Then you'll know that I'm in jail
SI FA#
And what becomes of all the little boys,
SI FA#
Who never say their prayers,
B G#(major) F# D#m
Well they're sleepin' like a baby,
SOL#m DO# FA#
On the Nickel over there.
Key change to Ab:
SI SOL DO# SOL#
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b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||
G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||
D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||
A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||
E------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
Verse 3:
DO# SOL#
And if you chew tobacco,
DO# SOL#
And wish upon a star,
DO# SOL# FAm
Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
SIbm MIb
Just like puchlines between the cars,
DO# SOL#
And I know a place where a royal flush,
DO# SOL#
Can never beat a pair,
DO# SIb/RE SOL#/MIb FAm
And even Thomas Jefferson,
SIbm MIb SOL#
Is on the Nickel over There.
Verse 4:
DO# SOL#
So ring around the rosie,
DO# SOL#
You're sleepin in the rain,
DO# SOL# FAm
And you're always late for supper,
SIb MIb
And man you let me down, let me down again,
DO# SOL#
I thought I heard a mocking bird,
DO# SOL#
Roosevelt knows where,
DO# SIb/RE SOL#/MIb FAm
You can skip the light with Grady Tuck,
SIbm MIb SOL#
On the Nickel over There.
Key change to Bb:
DO# LA MIb SIb
e--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||
G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||
D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||
A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||
E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
Verse 5:
MIb SIb
So what becomes of all the little boys,
MIb SIb
Who run away from home,
MIb SIb SOLm
Well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
DOm FA
Once you get out on your own,
MIb SIb
So here's to all the little boys,
MIb SIb
The sandman takes you where,
MIb SIb SOLm
Your sleepin' with the pillow of man,
DOm FA SIb
On the Nickel over There.
Verse 6:
MIb SIb
So climb up thru that buttonhole,
MIb SIb
And fall right up the stairs,
MIb DO/MI SIb/FA SOLm
I'll show you where the short(?) dogs grow,
DOm FA SIb
On the Nickel...over There.
Ending:
MIb SOL DO SOL
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b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||
D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||
A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||
E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
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