C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Dm G
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
C G7
Perhaps she'll die.
C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
Dm G
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
C C
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Dm G
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
C G7
Perhaps she'll die.
C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
Dm G
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
C C
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Dm G
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
C C
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Dm G
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
C G7
Perhaps she'll die.
C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Dm 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
Dm G
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
C C
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Dm G
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
C G7
Perhaps she'll die.
C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
Dm 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
Dm G
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
C C
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Dm G
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
C G7
Perhaps she'll die.
C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Dm 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
Dm G
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
C C
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Dm G
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
C G7
Perhaps she'll die.
C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
Dm 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
Dm G
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
C C
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Dm G
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
C G7
Perhaps she'll die.
C Am
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
(strum once at every chord)