Chords for The Story of Creation - collected at the beginning of the last century
Tempo:
131.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
F
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Story of creation.
[C]
[G]
[C] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] First he [C] made the sun, then he [G] made a moon,
[C] [Dm] then he [C] made a possum, [G] then he [C] made a goon.
All the earth creatures he made them one [G] by one,
[C] [F] stuck them [C] on a fence to dry [G] as soon as they [C] were done.
[B] Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I [C] say, walk [G] into the parlour [Cm] to hear the banjo play.
[C] Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
[Em] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G] zing, zing, [C] zing, zing.
Old [B] Mother [C] Eve couldn't sleep [G] without a pillar, [C] and [G] the greatest [C] man that ever lived was Jack the Giant Killer.
Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C]
walk into [G] the parlour [F]
to hear the [G] banjo play.
[C]
Walk into the parlour [A] and hear the [G] children sing, [C]
[G] and watch the [C] old man fingers as he picks up on the string.
[Em] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [Em] [G] [C] zing, zing.
Oh no, there was a mighty man, he built a [G] mighty house, [C] and [D] got all [C] the critters in [G] just before [C] the dark.
[G] Walk [C] in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the parlour to hear the banjo play.
[C] Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, [C] and [G] watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
[G] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G]
zing, [C]
zing.
[G] Along [C] comes the elephant, nurse says [G] he you're drunk.
[C] Oh no, sir, says the elephant, I've [G] stopped to pack [C] my trunk.
Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the [F] parlour to [Cm] hear the [G] banjo play.
[C] Walk into the [A] parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [Em] picks up [C] on the string.
[G] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G]
[C] zing, zing.
[Dm] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G]
zing, [C] zing.
[G]
[C]
[C]
[G]
[C] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] First he [C] made the sun, then he [G] made a moon,
[C] [Dm] then he [C] made a possum, [G] then he [C] made a goon.
All the earth creatures he made them one [G] by one,
[C] [F] stuck them [C] on a fence to dry [G] as soon as they [C] were done.
[B] Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I [C] say, walk [G] into the parlour [Cm] to hear the banjo play.
[C] Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
[Em] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G] zing, zing, [C] zing, zing.
Old [B] Mother [C] Eve couldn't sleep [G] without a pillar, [C] and [G] the greatest [C] man that ever lived was Jack the Giant Killer.
Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C]
walk into [G] the parlour [F]
to hear the [G] banjo play.
[C]
Walk into the parlour [A] and hear the [G] children sing, [C]
[G] and watch the [C] old man fingers as he picks up on the string.
[Em] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [Em] [G] [C] zing, zing.
Oh no, there was a mighty man, he built a [G] mighty house, [C] and [D] got all [C] the critters in [G] just before [C] the dark.
[G] Walk [C] in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the parlour to hear the banjo play.
[C] Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, [C] and [G] watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
[G] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G]
zing, [C]
zing.
[G] Along [C] comes the elephant, nurse says [G] he you're drunk.
[C] Oh no, sir, says the elephant, I've [G] stopped to pack [C] my trunk.
Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the [F] parlour to [Cm] hear the [G] banjo play.
[C] Walk into the [A] parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [Em] picks up [C] on the string.
[G] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G]
[C] zing, zing.
[Dm] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G]
zing, [C] zing.
[G]
[C]
Key:
C
G
Em
F
Dm
C
G
Em
_ Story of creation. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] First he [C] made the sun, then he [G] made a moon,
[C] [Dm] then he [C] made a possum, [G] then he [C] made a goon.
All the earth creatures he made them one [G] by one,
[C] [F] stuck them [C] on a fence to dry [G] as soon as they [C] were done.
_ [B] Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I [C] say, walk [G] into the parlour [Cm] to hear the banjo play.
[C] _ Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
_ [Em] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G] zing, _ zing, [C] zing, _ _ zing. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Old [B] Mother [C] Eve couldn't sleep _ [G] without a pillar, [C] and [G] the greatest [C] man that ever lived was Jack the Giant Killer. _ _
Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C]
walk into [G] the parlour [F]
to hear the [G] banjo play.
[C]
Walk into the parlour [A] and hear the [G] children sing, [C]
[G] and watch the [C] old man fingers as he picks up on the string. _
[Em] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [Em] _ [G] _ [C] zing, _ _ _ zing. _
_ Oh no, there was a mighty man, he built a [G] mighty house, [C] and [D] got all [C] the critters in [G] just before [C] the dark.
[G] Walk [C] in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the parlour to hear the banjo play.
[C] Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, [C] and [G] watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
_ _ [G] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G] _
zing, [C] _ _ _
zing.
_ [G] Along [C] comes the elephant, nurse says [G] he you're drunk.
[C] Oh no, sir, says the elephant, I've [G] stopped to pack [C] my trunk.
_ Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the _ [F] parlour to [Cm] hear the [G] banjo play.
[C] Walk into the _ [A] parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [Em] picks up [C] on the string.
_ [G] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G] _
_ [C] zing, zing. _
_ _ [Dm] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G]
zing, _ [C] _ zing. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] First he [C] made the sun, then he [G] made a moon,
[C] [Dm] then he [C] made a possum, [G] then he [C] made a goon.
All the earth creatures he made them one [G] by one,
[C] [F] stuck them [C] on a fence to dry [G] as soon as they [C] were done.
_ [B] Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I [C] say, walk [G] into the parlour [Cm] to hear the banjo play.
[C] _ Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
_ [Em] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G] zing, _ zing, [C] zing, _ _ zing. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Old [B] Mother [C] Eve couldn't sleep _ [G] without a pillar, [C] and [G] the greatest [C] man that ever lived was Jack the Giant Killer. _ _
Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C]
walk into [G] the parlour [F]
to hear the [G] banjo play.
[C]
Walk into the parlour [A] and hear the [G] children sing, [C]
[G] and watch the [C] old man fingers as he picks up on the string. _
[Em] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [Em] _ [G] _ [C] zing, _ _ _ zing. _
_ Oh no, there was a mighty man, he built a [G] mighty house, [C] and [D] got all [C] the critters in [G] just before [C] the dark.
[G] Walk [C] in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the parlour to hear the banjo play.
[C] Walk into the parlour and hear the [G] children sing, [C] and [G] watch the old [C] man fingers as he [G] picks up [C] on the string.
_ _ [G] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G] _
zing, [C] _ _ _
zing.
_ [G] Along [C] comes the elephant, nurse says [G] he you're drunk.
[C] Oh no, sir, says the elephant, I've [G] stopped to pack [C] my trunk.
_ Walk in, walk in, walk [G] in I say, [C] walk into [G] the _ [F] parlour to [Cm] hear the [G] banjo play.
[C] Walk into the _ [A] parlour and hear the [G] children sing, and watch the old [C] man fingers as he [Em] picks up [C] on the string.
_ [G] Zing, zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, [G] _
_ [C] zing, zing. _
_ _ [Dm] Zing, [C] zing, zing, zing, zing, [G]
zing, _ [C] _ zing. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _