Chords for The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson (Song)
Tempo:
126.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] A mouse took a stroll through the [D] deep dark wood, [C] a fox [G] saw the mouse [C] and the mouse [D] looked.
[C]
Where [G] are you going to little brown mouse?
Come and have lunch in my underground home.
It's [G] terribly kind of you fox, but no, I'm going to have [D] lunch with a [G] Gruffalo.
[Am] A Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, [A] why [G] didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] terrible tusks and terrible claws [Am] and terrible [G] teeth and his terrible jaws.
[C] Where are you meeting [D] him?
Here by [G] these rocks.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is roasted fox.
[G] Roasted fox, [C] I'm off [G] fox, send [C] goodbye [G] little mouse [D] and away [G] he's stead.
[Am]
Silly old fox, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing [D] as a [G] Gruffalo.
On [C] went the mouse [G] through the deep [D] dark wood, [C] a [G] cow saw the [C] mouse and the mouse looked.
[D] [C] Where are you [G] going to little brown mouse?
[C] Come [G] and have tea in my tree top house.
[C] Well it's [G] terribly kind of you owl, but no, [C] I'm going [G] to have tea with a Gruffalo.
[Am] A Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] novelty knees [D] and [G] turned out toes [Am] and a point and [G] a swot on [D] the end [G] of his nose.
[C] Where are [G] you meeting him?
Here by this stream.
[C] And his [G] favourite food is owl ice cream.
[D] Owl ice [G] cream, to it and to woo.
Goodbye little [D] mouse and away [G] he are flew.
[Am]
Silly old [Em] owl, doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a Gruffalo.
On [C] went the mouse through [G] the deep dark wood, [C] a snake saw the mouse and the [C] mouse [D] looked.
Where are [G] you going to little brown mouse?
[C]
Come for a feast in my log pile house.
[Em] It's terribly [G] kind [D] of you snake, [G] but no, [C] I'm having a feast with [D] a Gruffalo.
[Am] A [A] Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, [Am] he has purple [G] purple all over his back.
[C] And [G] where are you meeting him?
[D] Here by this [G] lake.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is scrambled [G] snake.
[D] Scrambled snake, it's [G] time I hid.
[C] Goodbye [G] little mouse and away the snake split.
[Am] Silly old owl, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a Gruffalo.
[Am] But who is this creature [Em] with terrible claws [Am] and terrible teeth [G] in his terrible [D] jaws?
[Am] He [Em] has knobbled [Am] knees and turned out [Em] toes and a poisonous [G] wart [D] at the end of [G] his nose.
[Am] His eyes are orange, [Em]
his tongue is black, [Am] he [G] has scuffle prickles all [D] over his back.
[C] Oh hell, [G] oh no, it's a Gruffalo.
[D] My favourite food, [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] You'll [G] taste good on [D] a slice [G] of bread.
[Am] Good said the mouse.
[C]
Don't [G] call me good.
[Am] I'm the [G] scariest creature in this woods.
Just walk behind me and soon you'll see.
Everyone is afraid of me.
Alright [C] said the Gruffalo, bursting with [D] laughter.
You [G] go ahead [D] and I'll [G] follow after.
[D] They walked until [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] I [G] hear a hiss in the leaves ahead.
[Am] It's snake said the mouse.
[C] Why snake?
[G] Hello.
[Am] The snake took one [D] look at the [G] Gruffalo.
[C] Oh crumb, [G] he said.
[D] Goodbye [G] little mouse and off he slid [D] to his log [G] pile house.
You see said the mouse, I told [D] you so.
[C]
Amazing [G] said [D] the [G] Gruffalo.
They walked some [C] more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
[C] I [G] hear a hoot [D] in the trees [G]
ahead.
[Am] It's owl said the mouse.
Why [G] owl?
Hello.
[Am] The owl took [G] one look at the Gruffalo.
[C] Oh dear, he said.
[D] Goodbye little [G] mouse [C] and off [G] he flew to [D] his tree top house.
You see said the mouse, [C] I told you [D] so.
[C] Astounding said the Gruffalo.
[D]
[G] [D] They walked some more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
I hear a feet [D] on the [G] path ahead.
[Am] It's fox said the mouse.
[C] Why fox?
[G] Hello.
[Am] Fox took one look [G] at the [D] Gruffalo.
[C] Oh help, he said.
[G] Goodbye little mouse and off he ran to his underground house.
Well [C] Gruffalo [G] said [D] the mouse.
[C] You see [G] everyone is afraid of me.
[Am] But now my [C] tummy's beginning [G] to rumble [Am] and my favourite [G] food is [D] Gruffalo [G]
crumble.
[Am] Gruffalo [C] crumble the [G] Gruffalo said.
And quick as the [D] wind he [G] turned and fled.
[C] All [G] was quiet [D] in the deep [G] dark woods.
[C] The mouse [G] found the nuts [D] and the dark was good.
[C] [G] [D]
[C]
Where [G] are you going to little brown mouse?
Come and have lunch in my underground home.
It's [G] terribly kind of you fox, but no, I'm going to have [D] lunch with a [G] Gruffalo.
[Am] A Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, [A] why [G] didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] terrible tusks and terrible claws [Am] and terrible [G] teeth and his terrible jaws.
[C] Where are you meeting [D] him?
Here by [G] these rocks.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is roasted fox.
[G] Roasted fox, [C] I'm off [G] fox, send [C] goodbye [G] little mouse [D] and away [G] he's stead.
[Am]
Silly old fox, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing [D] as a [G] Gruffalo.
On [C] went the mouse [G] through the deep [D] dark wood, [C] a [G] cow saw the [C] mouse and the mouse looked.
[D] [C] Where are you [G] going to little brown mouse?
[C] Come [G] and have tea in my tree top house.
[C] Well it's [G] terribly kind of you owl, but no, [C] I'm going [G] to have tea with a Gruffalo.
[Am] A Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] novelty knees [D] and [G] turned out toes [Am] and a point and [G] a swot on [D] the end [G] of his nose.
[C] Where are [G] you meeting him?
Here by this stream.
[C] And his [G] favourite food is owl ice cream.
[D] Owl ice [G] cream, to it and to woo.
Goodbye little [D] mouse and away [G] he are flew.
[Am]
Silly old [Em] owl, doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a Gruffalo.
On [C] went the mouse through [G] the deep dark wood, [C] a snake saw the mouse and the [C] mouse [D] looked.
Where are [G] you going to little brown mouse?
[C]
Come for a feast in my log pile house.
[Em] It's terribly [G] kind [D] of you snake, [G] but no, [C] I'm having a feast with [D] a Gruffalo.
[Am] A [A] Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, [Am] he has purple [G] purple all over his back.
[C] And [G] where are you meeting him?
[D] Here by this [G] lake.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is scrambled [G] snake.
[D] Scrambled snake, it's [G] time I hid.
[C] Goodbye [G] little mouse and away the snake split.
[Am] Silly old owl, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a Gruffalo.
[Am] But who is this creature [Em] with terrible claws [Am] and terrible teeth [G] in his terrible [D] jaws?
[Am] He [Em] has knobbled [Am] knees and turned out [Em] toes and a poisonous [G] wart [D] at the end of [G] his nose.
[Am] His eyes are orange, [Em]
his tongue is black, [Am] he [G] has scuffle prickles all [D] over his back.
[C] Oh hell, [G] oh no, it's a Gruffalo.
[D] My favourite food, [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] You'll [G] taste good on [D] a slice [G] of bread.
[Am] Good said the mouse.
[C]
Don't [G] call me good.
[Am] I'm the [G] scariest creature in this woods.
Just walk behind me and soon you'll see.
Everyone is afraid of me.
Alright [C] said the Gruffalo, bursting with [D] laughter.
You [G] go ahead [D] and I'll [G] follow after.
[D] They walked until [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] I [G] hear a hiss in the leaves ahead.
[Am] It's snake said the mouse.
[C] Why snake?
[G] Hello.
[Am] The snake took one [D] look at the [G] Gruffalo.
[C] Oh crumb, [G] he said.
[D] Goodbye [G] little mouse and off he slid [D] to his log [G] pile house.
You see said the mouse, I told [D] you so.
[C]
Amazing [G] said [D] the [G] Gruffalo.
They walked some [C] more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
[C] I [G] hear a hoot [D] in the trees [G]
ahead.
[Am] It's owl said the mouse.
Why [G] owl?
Hello.
[Am] The owl took [G] one look at the Gruffalo.
[C] Oh dear, he said.
[D] Goodbye little [G] mouse [C] and off [G] he flew to [D] his tree top house.
You see said the mouse, [C] I told you [D] so.
[C] Astounding said the Gruffalo.
[D]
[G] [D] They walked some more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
I hear a feet [D] on the [G] path ahead.
[Am] It's fox said the mouse.
[C] Why fox?
[G] Hello.
[Am] Fox took one look [G] at the [D] Gruffalo.
[C] Oh help, he said.
[G] Goodbye little mouse and off he ran to his underground house.
Well [C] Gruffalo [G] said [D] the mouse.
[C] You see [G] everyone is afraid of me.
[Am] But now my [C] tummy's beginning [G] to rumble [Am] and my favourite [G] food is [D] Gruffalo [G]
crumble.
[Am] Gruffalo [C] crumble the [G] Gruffalo said.
And quick as the [D] wind he [G] turned and fled.
[C] All [G] was quiet [D] in the deep [G] dark woods.
[C] The mouse [G] found the nuts [D] and the dark was good.
[C] [G] [D]
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ A mouse took a stroll through the [D] deep dark wood, [C] a fox [G] saw the mouse [C] and the mouse [D] looked.
_ [C]
Where [G] are you going to little brown mouse?
Come and have lunch in my underground home.
It's [G] terribly kind of you fox, but no, I'm going to have [D] lunch with a [G] Gruffalo. _
[Am] A _ Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A _ [G] Gruffalo, [A] why [G] didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] terrible tusks and terrible claws [Am] and terrible [G] teeth and his terrible jaws.
_ [C] Where are you meeting [D] him?
Here by [G] these rocks.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is roasted fox.
_ _ [G] Roasted fox, [C] I'm off [G] fox, send [C] goodbye [G] little mouse [D] and away [G] he's stead.
_ _ [Am]
Silly old fox, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing [D] as a [G] _ Gruffalo. _
_ _ _ On [C] went the mouse [G] through the deep [D] dark wood, [C] a [G] cow saw the [C] mouse and the mouse looked.
[D] _ [C] Where are you [G] going to little brown mouse?
[C] Come [G] and have tea in my tree top house.
[C] Well it's [G] terribly kind of you owl, but no, [C] I'm going [G] to have tea with a _ Gruffalo.
_ [Am] A Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] novelty knees [D] and [G] turned out toes [Am] and a point and [G] a swot on [D] the end [G] of his nose.
_ [C] Where are [G] you meeting him?
Here by this stream.
[C] And his [G] favourite food is owl ice cream.
_ _ [D] Owl ice [G] cream, to it and to woo.
Goodbye little [D] mouse and away [G] he are flew.
_ [Am]
Silly old [Em] owl, doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a _ Gruffalo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
On [C] went the mouse through [G] the deep dark wood, [C] a snake saw the mouse and the [C] mouse [D] looked. _ _
Where are [G] you going to little brown mouse?
_ [C]
Come for a feast in my log pile house. _
[Em] It's terribly [G] kind [D] of you snake, [G] but no, [C] I'm having a feast with [D] a Gruffalo.
_ _ [Am] A [A] Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
_ [C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, [Am] he has purple [G] purple all over his back.
_ [C] And [G] where are you meeting him?
[D] Here by this [G] lake.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is scrambled [G] snake.
_ _ _ [D] Scrambled snake, it's [G] time I hid.
[C] Goodbye [G] little mouse and away the snake split.
[Am] Silly old owl, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a _ _ _ Gruffalo. _ _
_ [Am] But who is this creature [Em] with terrible claws [Am] and terrible teeth [G] in his terrible [D] jaws?
[Am] He [Em] has knobbled [Am] knees and turned out [Em] toes and a poisonous [G] wart [D] at the end of [G] his nose.
[Am] His eyes are orange, [Em]
his tongue is black, [Am] he [G] has scuffle prickles all [D] over his back.
[C] Oh hell, [G] oh no, it's a Gruffalo. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] My favourite food, [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] You'll [G] taste good on [D] a slice [G] of bread.
[Am] Good said the mouse.
_ [C]
Don't [G] call me good.
[Am] I'm the [G] scariest creature in this woods.
Just walk behind me and soon you'll see.
Everyone is afraid of me.
Alright [C] said the Gruffalo, bursting with [D] laughter.
You [G] go ahead [D] and I'll [G] follow after. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] They walked until [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] I [G] hear a hiss in the leaves ahead.
[Am] It's snake said the mouse.
[C] Why snake?
[G] Hello.
[Am] The snake took one [D] look at the [G] Gruffalo.
[C] Oh crumb, [G] he said.
[D] Goodbye [G] little mouse and off he slid [D] to his log [G] pile house.
You see said the mouse, I told [D] you so.
[C]
Amazing [G] said [D] the [G] Gruffalo. _ _
They walked some [C] more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
[C] I [G] hear a hoot [D] in the trees [G]
ahead.
[Am] It's owl said the mouse.
Why [G] owl?
Hello.
_ [Am] The owl took [G] one look at the Gruffalo.
[C] Oh dear, he said.
_ [D] Goodbye little [G] mouse [C] and off [G] he flew to [D] his tree top house.
You see said the mouse, [C] I told you [D] _ so.
_ [C] _ Astounding said the _ Gruffalo.
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] They walked some more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
I hear a feet [D] on the [G] path ahead.
[Am] It's fox said the mouse.
[C] Why fox?
[G] Hello.
_ _ _ [Am] Fox took one look [G] at the _ [D] Gruffalo.
_ [C] Oh help, he said.
[G] Goodbye little mouse and off he ran to his underground house. _
Well [C] Gruffalo [G] _ said [D] the mouse.
[C] You see [G] everyone is afraid of me.
_ [Am] But now my [C] tummy's beginning [G] to rumble _ [Am] and my favourite [G] food is _ [D] Gruffalo [G] _
crumble.
_ _ [Am] Gruffalo [C] crumble the [G] Gruffalo said.
And quick as the [D] wind he [G] turned and fled.
_ _ [C] All [G] was quiet [D] in the deep [G] dark woods.
_ [C] The mouse [G] found the nuts [D] and the dark was good.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ A mouse took a stroll through the [D] deep dark wood, [C] a fox [G] saw the mouse [C] and the mouse [D] looked.
_ [C]
Where [G] are you going to little brown mouse?
Come and have lunch in my underground home.
It's [G] terribly kind of you fox, but no, I'm going to have [D] lunch with a [G] Gruffalo. _
[Am] A _ Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A _ [G] Gruffalo, [A] why [G] didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] terrible tusks and terrible claws [Am] and terrible [G] teeth and his terrible jaws.
_ [C] Where are you meeting [D] him?
Here by [G] these rocks.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is roasted fox.
_ _ [G] Roasted fox, [C] I'm off [G] fox, send [C] goodbye [G] little mouse [D] and away [G] he's stead.
_ _ [Am]
Silly old fox, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing [D] as a [G] _ Gruffalo. _
_ _ _ On [C] went the mouse [G] through the deep [D] dark wood, [C] a [G] cow saw the [C] mouse and the mouse looked.
[D] _ [C] Where are you [G] going to little brown mouse?
[C] Come [G] and have tea in my tree top house.
[C] Well it's [G] terribly kind of you owl, but no, [C] I'm going [G] to have tea with a _ Gruffalo.
_ [Am] A Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
[C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
[C] He has [G] novelty knees [D] and [G] turned out toes [Am] and a point and [G] a swot on [D] the end [G] of his nose.
_ [C] Where are [G] you meeting him?
Here by this stream.
[C] And his [G] favourite food is owl ice cream.
_ _ [D] Owl ice [G] cream, to it and to woo.
Goodbye little [D] mouse and away [G] he are flew.
_ [Am]
Silly old [Em] owl, doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a _ Gruffalo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
On [C] went the mouse through [G] the deep dark wood, [C] a snake saw the mouse and the [C] mouse [D] looked. _ _
Where are [G] you going to little brown mouse?
_ [C]
Come for a feast in my log pile house. _
[Em] It's terribly [G] kind [D] of you snake, [G] but no, [C] I'm having a feast with [D] a Gruffalo.
_ _ [Am] A [A] Gruffalo, [Em] what's a Gruffalo?
_ [C] A [G] Gruffalo, well didn't you know?
His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, [Am] he has purple [G] purple all over his back.
_ [C] And [G] where are you meeting him?
[D] Here by this [G] lake.
[C] And his [G] favourite food [D] is scrambled [G] snake.
_ _ _ [D] Scrambled snake, it's [G] time I hid.
[C] Goodbye [G] little mouse and away the snake split.
[Am] Silly old owl, [Em] doesn't he know?
[C] There's no [G] such thing as a _ _ _ Gruffalo. _ _
_ [Am] But who is this creature [Em] with terrible claws [Am] and terrible teeth [G] in his terrible [D] jaws?
[Am] He [Em] has knobbled [Am] knees and turned out [Em] toes and a poisonous [G] wart [D] at the end of [G] his nose.
[Am] His eyes are orange, [Em]
his tongue is black, [Am] he [G] has scuffle prickles all [D] over his back.
[C] Oh hell, [G] oh no, it's a Gruffalo. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] My favourite food, [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] You'll [G] taste good on [D] a slice [G] of bread.
[Am] Good said the mouse.
_ [C]
Don't [G] call me good.
[Am] I'm the [G] scariest creature in this woods.
Just walk behind me and soon you'll see.
Everyone is afraid of me.
Alright [C] said the Gruffalo, bursting with [D] laughter.
You [G] go ahead [D] and I'll [G] follow after. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] They walked until [C] the Gruffalo [G] said.
[C] I [G] hear a hiss in the leaves ahead.
[Am] It's snake said the mouse.
[C] Why snake?
[G] Hello.
[Am] The snake took one [D] look at the [G] Gruffalo.
[C] Oh crumb, [G] he said.
[D] Goodbye [G] little mouse and off he slid [D] to his log [G] pile house.
You see said the mouse, I told [D] you so.
[C]
Amazing [G] said [D] the [G] Gruffalo. _ _
They walked some [C] more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
[C] I [G] hear a hoot [D] in the trees [G]
ahead.
[Am] It's owl said the mouse.
Why [G] owl?
Hello.
_ [Am] The owl took [G] one look at the Gruffalo.
[C] Oh dear, he said.
_ [D] Goodbye little [G] mouse [C] and off [G] he flew to [D] his tree top house.
You see said the mouse, [C] I told you [D] _ so.
_ [C] _ Astounding said the _ Gruffalo.
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] They walked some more until the [G] Gruffalo said.
I hear a feet [D] on the [G] path ahead.
[Am] It's fox said the mouse.
[C] Why fox?
[G] Hello.
_ _ _ [Am] Fox took one look [G] at the _ [D] Gruffalo.
_ [C] Oh help, he said.
[G] Goodbye little mouse and off he ran to his underground house. _
Well [C] Gruffalo [G] _ said [D] the mouse.
[C] You see [G] everyone is afraid of me.
_ [Am] But now my [C] tummy's beginning [G] to rumble _ [Am] and my favourite [G] food is _ [D] Gruffalo [G] _
crumble.
_ _ [Am] Gruffalo [C] crumble the [G] Gruffalo said.
And quick as the [D] wind he [G] turned and fled.
_ _ [C] All [G] was quiet [D] in the deep [G] dark woods.
_ [C] The mouse [G] found the nuts [D] and the dark was good.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _