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