I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly chords by Burl Ives

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives and others
written by Rose Bonne and Alan Mills

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Em       A
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
        D  A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
   Em           A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D            D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  Em       A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D   A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
Em       A
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
  D           D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   Em           A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D            D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  Em       A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D   A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
 Em        A
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
  D          D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D           D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   Em           A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D            D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  Em       A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D   A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
Em       A
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
  D          D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
  D          D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D           D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   Em           A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D            D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  Em       A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D   A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
   Em          A
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
  D           D
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
  D          D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
  D          D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D           D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   Em           A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D            D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  Em       A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D   A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
Em          A
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
  D          D
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
  D           D
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
  D          D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
  D          D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
  D           D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
   Em           A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
  D            D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
  Em       A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
        D   A7
Perhaps she'll die.

 D          Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -

She's dead, of course.

(strum once at every chord)