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