Chords:
{t: Storybook Ball, The}
{key: G}
{artist: Maria Muldaur}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIZjIzvX6CI But in D
{c: YouTube not 100% same as this}
[Em] [B7] [Em] [B7]
In [Em] Mother Goose's [B7] book up in the [Em] nurs'ry,
Poor Simple Simon [B7] said, "I'm feeling [Em] sad." [E7]
Said [Am] Peter Piper's [Em] daughter, "So am [B7] I, and think we [Em] oughter
Try to [F#7] think of something that will make us [B7] glad."
So [Em] Smarty Smarty [B7] said, "I'll give a [Em] party,"
And they called on the Old [B7] Woman in the [Em] Shoe. [E7]
The [Am] cat she brought her [Em] fiddle, and she [B7] played "high diddle [Em] diddle,"
And what [F#7] happened then, I'm goin' to tell to [B7] you. [D7]
[G] Little Jackie [Gmaj7] Horner, eating pie [G] up in the [Gmaj7] corner,
Stuck [G] in his [G6] thumb, pulled [G] out a [G6] plum.
[G] Little Missy [Gmaj7] Muffet she was [G] sitting on a [Gmaj7] tuffet,
And she [D7] said, "Yum, yum! Please give me some."
[D7] Little Georgie Porgie with his pudding and pie,
Kissed [G] Mary Quite Con-[Gmaj7]trary till he [G] made her [Gmaj7] cry;
And [D] Little Bo Peep she [A7] lost her sheep
And couldn't [D] find 'em, their [A7] tails be-[D]hind 'em. [D7]
[G] Peter Peter [Gmaj7] Pumpkin Eater [G] had a wife and [Gmaj7] couldn't keep her.
[G] At the [G6] ball [G] in the [G6] hall.
[G] Humpty Dumpty [Gmaj7] met her, said, "[G] Better that I [Gmaj7] get her
And I'll [C] make her fall." [Am] That's not all.
[C] Old King Cole, that merry old [Gdim] soul,
He [G] fell for Mother Hubbard, blew his big bank-[Gdim]roll
Buying [D7] lollipops and pretties for the kiddies at the Story Book [G] Ball.
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They [Em] danced and sang till [B7] early in the [Em] morning.
They really didn't [B7] know just when to [Em] stop; [E7]
So [Am] as the day was [Em] dawning and the [B7] kiddies all were [Em] yawning,
They found [F#7] out the mouse had run up in the [B7] clock.
Then [Em] Jack Be Nimble, [B7] Jack Be Quick, he [Em] started,
And right over that big [B7] candlestick he [Em] flew. [E7]
Then [Am] Little Tommy [Em] Tucker started [B7] singing for his [Em] supper,
And then [F#7] Poor Boy Blue said, "Gee, I'm hungry [B7] too." [D7]
[G] Peter Piper [Gmaj7] picked a peck of [G] pickling [Gmaj7] peppers,
Brought 'em [G] to the [G6] hall, and [G] that's no [G6] stall.
[G] Tommy Tom the [Gmaj7] piper's son, he [G] stole a pig and a-[Gmaj7]way he run
[D7] To the ball. Ah, that's not all.
[D7] Polly put the kettle on. The tea got cold.
They [G] had to eat the [Gmaj7] porridge that was [G] nine days [Gmaj7] old.
Then [D] Jack fell down. Jill [A7] broke her crown
And spilled the [D] water. She [A7] hadn't [D] oughter. [D7]
[G] Four and twenty [Gmaj7] blackbirds were [G] baking in a [Gmaj7] pie,
And they re-[G] fused to [G6] sing [G] any-[G6]thing.
[G] Wasn't that an [Gmaj7] awful way [G] little birds to [Gmaj7] act
Before a [C] queen and king? [Am] Such a thing!
Said the [C] knave and the king to the Queen of [Gdim] Hearts,
"Come [G] on. Hurry up, honey. Bring some [Gdim] tarts."
So she [D7] did and the kids had a picnic at the Story Book [G] Ball.
Yes, they [D7] did and the kids had a picnic at the Story Book [G] Ball
