E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
F#m B
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
E B7
Perhaps she'll die.
E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
F#m B
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
E E
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
F#m B
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
E B7
Perhaps she'll die.
E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
F#m B
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
E E
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
F#m B
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
E E
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
F#m B
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
E B7
Perhaps she'll die.
E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
F#m B
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
E E
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
E E
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
F#m B
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
E E
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
F#m B
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
E B7
Perhaps she'll die.
E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
F#m B
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
E E
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
E E
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
E E
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
F#m B
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
E E
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
F#m B
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
E B7
Perhaps she'll die.
E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
F#m B
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
E E
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
E E
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
E E
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
E E
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
F#m B
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
E E
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
F#m B
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
E B7
Perhaps she'll die.
E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
F#m B
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
E E
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
E E
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
E E
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
E E
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
E E
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
F#m B
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
E E
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
F#m B
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
E B7
Perhaps she'll die.
E C#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
(strum once at every chord)