D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Fm A#
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
D# A#7
Perhaps she'll die.
D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
Fm A#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D# D#
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Fm A#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D# A#7
Perhaps she'll die.
D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
Fm A#
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
D# D#
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Fm A#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D# D#
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Fm A#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D# A#7
Perhaps she'll die.
D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Fm A#
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
D# D#
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D# D#
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Fm A#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D# D#
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Fm A#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D# A#7
Perhaps she'll die.
D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
Fm A#
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
D# D#
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D# D#
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D# D#
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Fm A#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D# D#
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Fm A#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D# A#7
Perhaps she'll die.
D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Fm A#
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
D# D#
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
D# D#
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D# D#
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D# D#
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Fm A#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D# D#
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Fm A#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D# A#7
Perhaps she'll die.
D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
Fm A#
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
D# D#
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
D# D#
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
D# D#
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D# D#
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D# D#
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Fm A#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D# D#
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Fm A#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D# A#7
Perhaps she'll die.
D# Cm
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
(strum once at every chord)