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