Chords for Alan Price - House that Jack Built (1967)
Tempo:
121.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Gm
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[A] [G]
[A]
[G] Brother Nigel paints the [C] stairs with the signs of the [Gm] zodiac
Throws paint in the mirror [C] as he stands in his plastic [G] bag
Sister Amber rises [D] every round and round the [C] garden
Spends the whole day [G] saying, I beg your pardon
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house [G] that Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky
[Gm] Uncle Joe cracks walnuts [C] in between his toast of fire
[Gm] And looks through collared glass [C] at the dark spots on the sun
[G] And Mary, she believes [D] that her mother was a queen
[C] Keeps saying you just missed [G] him, King Solomon's just been
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[C] [G]
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G] sky
[Gm] Cousin [G] Festus writes a letter [C] each and every single day
He [G] believes that writing letters [C] keeps the Asian flu away
[G] I've got a [D] reservation, I was given it for free
[C] Cause I killed all the flies [G] in the state of Tennessee
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
And [Dm] it reaches up to the sky
[G]
I'm coming, I'm coming
Please [C]
save [D] a place [G] for me
Welcome, baby
Welcome, baby
Welcome, baby
[C]
[G] [C]
[G]
[D]
[C] [N]
[A] [G]
[A]
[G] Brother Nigel paints the [C] stairs with the signs of the [Gm] zodiac
Throws paint in the mirror [C] as he stands in his plastic [G] bag
Sister Amber rises [D] every round and round the [C] garden
Spends the whole day [G] saying, I beg your pardon
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house [G] that Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky
[Gm] Uncle Joe cracks walnuts [C] in between his toast of fire
[Gm] And looks through collared glass [C] at the dark spots on the sun
[G] And Mary, she believes [D] that her mother was a queen
[C] Keeps saying you just missed [G] him, King Solomon's just been
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[C] [G]
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G] sky
[Gm] Cousin [G] Festus writes a letter [C] each and every single day
He [G] believes that writing letters [C] keeps the Asian flu away
[G] I've got a [D] reservation, I was given it for free
[C] Cause I killed all the flies [G] in the state of Tennessee
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
[C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
And [Dm] it reaches up to the sky
[G]
I'm coming, I'm coming
Please [C]
save [D] a place [G] for me
Welcome, baby
Welcome, baby
Welcome, baby
[C]
[G] [C]
[G]
[D]
[C] [N]
Key:
G
C
D
Gm
Dm
G
C
D
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] Brother Nigel paints the [C] stairs with the signs of the [Gm] zodiac
Throws paint in the mirror [C] as he stands in his plastic [G] bag
Sister Amber rises [D] every round and round the [C] garden
Spends the whole day [G] saying, I beg your pardon _ _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house [G] that Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Uncle Joe cracks walnuts [C] in between his toast of fire
[Gm] And looks through collared glass [C] at the dark spots on the sun
[G] And Mary, she believes [D] that her mother was a queen
[C] Keeps saying you just missed [G] him, King Solomon's just been _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G] sky
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Cousin [G] Festus writes a letter [C] each and every single day
He [G] believes that writing letters [C] keeps the Asian flu away
[G] I've got a [D] reservation, I was given it for free
[C] Cause I killed all the flies [G] in the state of Tennessee _ _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
And [Dm] it reaches up to the sky
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I'm coming, _ _ _ _ I'm _ coming
_ _ Please [C] _
save [D] a place [G] for _ me _
_ Welcome, _ baby
_ _ _ Welcome, _ baby _ _ _
Welcome, _ baby _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] Brother Nigel paints the [C] stairs with the signs of the [Gm] zodiac
Throws paint in the mirror [C] as he stands in his plastic [G] bag
Sister Amber rises [D] every round and round the [C] garden
Spends the whole day [G] saying, I beg your pardon _ _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house [G] that Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Uncle Joe cracks walnuts [C] in between his toast of fire
[Gm] And looks through collared glass [C] at the dark spots on the sun
[G] And Mary, she believes [D] that her mother was a queen
[C] Keeps saying you just missed [G] him, King Solomon's just been _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G]
sky _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
[Dm] And it reaches up to the [G] sky
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Cousin [G] Festus writes a letter [C] each and every single day
He [G] believes that writing letters [C] keeps the Asian flu away
[G] I've got a [D] reservation, I was given it for free
[C] Cause I killed all the flies [G] in the state of Tennessee _ _ _
[C] Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[G] It makes you want to cry
_ _ [C] This here's the house that [G] Jack built, baby
And [Dm] it reaches up to the sky
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I'm coming, _ _ _ _ I'm _ coming
_ _ Please [C] _
save [D] a place [G] for _ me _
_ Welcome, _ baby
_ _ _ Welcome, _ baby _ _ _
Welcome, _ baby _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _