Chords for Ada Jones - They Always Pick On Me 1911 Vaudeville Songs
Tempo:
73.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A#]
[Dm] [G] When I was [A] born, my pa and ma, [C] they looked at [B] me and said,
Oh John, the doctor [A] said it's a girl, I think.
[D] And pa went and got a drink.
[F#] Then ma said [Bm] I look just like pa.
And pa said I took [B] abtomar.
And gang said I look like a quip.
[Bm] And I've been [Em] a stepchild [D] ever since.
[G] They [A#m] always, always [D] take on me.
They never, [F#] never let me be.
I'm so very [A] lonesome, awfully sad.
[E] It's a [A] long time [D] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know [A#] what I'll do, [D] by and by.
I'll eat some worms and [Am] then [B] I'll die.
[E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [A] and [Em]
[D] they'll take [G] on me.
[A]
[D] [B] One morning [A] just at four o'clock, [D] somebody tried to kick [G] our lock.
I knew it was papa, [A] pure as skin.
So I opened [D] the door and let him [C#] in.
My mom, [Bm] I'm Egypt, pa.
[A] Twelve o'clock [D] my pa told [E] ma, just end of [Bm] cuckoo, cuckoo score.
And pa made me [A] cuckoo eight [D] times more.
[G] They always, always [D] take on [Am] me.
They never, [G] never let me be.
I'm so [E] very lonesome, [A] awfully sad.
It's a long time [E] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know what I'll [Am] do, it's [D] no joke.
I'll eat a frog and then [B] I'll cry.
[E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [Am] and [D] [A] [D] they'll take [G] on me.
[E] [Am] [B] [A] [G]
[Dm] [G] When I was [A] born, my pa and ma, [C] they looked at [B] me and said,
Oh John, the doctor [A] said it's a girl, I think.
[D] And pa went and got a drink.
[F#] Then ma said [Bm] I look just like pa.
And pa said I took [B] abtomar.
And gang said I look like a quip.
[Bm] And I've been [Em] a stepchild [D] ever since.
[G] They [A#m] always, always [D] take on me.
They never, [F#] never let me be.
I'm so very [A] lonesome, awfully sad.
[E] It's a [A] long time [D] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know [A#] what I'll do, [D] by and by.
I'll eat some worms and [Am] then [B] I'll die.
[E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [A] and [Em]
[D] they'll take [G] on me.
[A]
[D] [B] One morning [A] just at four o'clock, [D] somebody tried to kick [G] our lock.
I knew it was papa, [A] pure as skin.
So I opened [D] the door and let him [C#] in.
My mom, [Bm] I'm Egypt, pa.
[A] Twelve o'clock [D] my pa told [E] ma, just end of [Bm] cuckoo, cuckoo score.
And pa made me [A] cuckoo eight [D] times more.
[G] They always, always [D] take on [Am] me.
They never, [G] never let me be.
I'm so [E] very lonesome, [A] awfully sad.
It's a long time [E] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know what I'll [Am] do, it's [D] no joke.
I'll eat a frog and then [B] I'll cry.
[E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [Am] and [D] [A] [D] they'll take [G] on me.
[E] [Am] [B] [A] [G]
Key:
D
A
G
E
B
D
A
G
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [G] When I was [A] born, my pa and ma, [C] they looked at [B] me and said,
Oh John, the doctor [A] said it's a girl, I think.
[D] And pa went and got a drink.
[F#] Then ma said [Bm] I look just like pa.
And pa said I took _ [B] abtomar.
And gang said I look like a quip.
[Bm] And I've been [Em] a stepchild [D] ever since.
[G] They [A#m] always, always [D] take on me.
They never, [F#] never let me be.
I'm so very [A] lonesome, awfully sad.
[E] It's a [A] long time [D] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know [A#] what I'll do, [D] by and by.
I'll eat some worms and [Am] then [B] I'll die.
[E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [A] and _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] they'll take [G] on me.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ One morning [A] just at four o'clock, [D] somebody tried to kick [G] our lock.
I knew it was papa, [A] pure as skin.
So I opened [D] the door and let him [C#] in.
My mom, [Bm] I'm Egypt, pa.
[A] Twelve o'clock [D] my pa told [E] ma, just end of [Bm] cuckoo, cuckoo score.
And pa made me [A] cuckoo eight [D] times more.
_ [G] They always, always [D] take on [Am] me.
They never, [G] never let me be.
I'm so [E] very lonesome, [A] awfully sad.
It's a long time [E] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know what I'll [Am] do, it's [D] no joke.
I'll eat a frog and then [B] I'll cry.
_ [E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [Am] and _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] they'll take [G] on me.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [G] When I was [A] born, my pa and ma, [C] they looked at [B] me and said,
Oh John, the doctor [A] said it's a girl, I think.
[D] And pa went and got a drink.
[F#] Then ma said [Bm] I look just like pa.
And pa said I took _ [B] abtomar.
And gang said I look like a quip.
[Bm] And I've been [Em] a stepchild [D] ever since.
[G] They [A#m] always, always [D] take on me.
They never, [F#] never let me be.
I'm so very [A] lonesome, awfully sad.
[E] It's a [A] long time [D] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know [A#] what I'll do, [D] by and by.
I'll eat some worms and [Am] then [B] I'll die.
[E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [A] and _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] they'll take [G] on me.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ One morning [A] just at four o'clock, [D] somebody tried to kick [G] our lock.
I knew it was papa, [A] pure as skin.
So I opened [D] the door and let him [C#] in.
My mom, [Bm] I'm Egypt, pa.
[A] Twelve o'clock [D] my pa told [E] ma, just end of [Bm] cuckoo, cuckoo score.
And pa made me [A] cuckoo eight [D] times more.
_ [G] They always, always [D] take on [Am] me.
They never, [G] never let me be.
I'm so [E] very lonesome, [A] awfully sad.
It's a long time [E] since I've been [G] glad.
But I know what I'll [Am] do, it's [D] no joke.
I'll eat a frog and then [B] I'll cry.
_ [E] And when I'm gone you'll wake [Am] and _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] they'll take [G] on me.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _