Boys Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]What are little boys [D]made [G]of?[C][D][G][C]
[F]Frogs and [C]snails and
[F]puppy [G]dogs' [C]tails
That's what little boys are [G]made [C]of
This is the [G]house that [D]Jack built
This is the malt that lay in
the house that Jack [Em]built
[D]This is the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jack [Em]built
[D]This is the cat that [C]ate the
rat that ate the malt
That [D]lay in the house Jack [Em]built
[D]This is the duck that worried the cat that
ate the [C]rat that ate the malt
That [D]lay in the house Jack [A]built[D][C]
Willie Winkie run[F]s through the t[C]own
Up[F]stairs, [C]downstairs in
[G]his night[C]gown
Knocking at the [F]windows,
[C]crying through the [G]locks
[C]Ah, the children [F]in their beds,
it's [C]past [G]eight [C]o 'clock[A][C]
[D]
Simple Simon met a piman going to the [A]fair
Said [D]Simple Simon [G]to the pie -man,
[A]let me taste your [D]wares
But the pie -man, you know,
he had lots of pies -nalities,
that's what he said
Said the pie -man unto Simon,
show me first your [A]penny
Said [D]Simple Simon [G]to the pie -man,
[A]sir, I haven't [D]any
Well, he didn't get a pie that day,
so he decided to go fishing
Simple Simon went a -fishing
for to catch a [A]whale
But the [D]only water [G]he had got
was [A]in his mother's [D]pail
So he didn't catch any fish.
He had another great idea, though.
Simple Simon went to look if
plums grew [A]on a thistle.
He [D]pricked his finger [G]very much,
which [A]made poor Simon [D]whistle.
He pricked his finger [G]very much,
which [A]made poor Simon [D]whistle.
Where [Bb]have you been all the day,
Billy boy, Billy boy?
Where have you been all the day,
[Gm]charming [C]Billy?
[F]I have been to seek a wife
She's the [Bb]idol of my life
[Eb]She's a [Bb]young thing and [F]cannot
leave her [Bb]mother
Did she bid you come in,
Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she bid you come in,
Charmin' [C]Billy?[F]
Yes, she bade me to come in
She's a [Bb]dimple on her chin
[Eb]She's a [Bb]young thing and
[F]cannot leave her [Bb]mother
Did she set for you a chair,
Billy boy, Billy boy
Did she set for you a [Gm]chair,
Charmin' [C]Billy
[F]Yes, she set for me a chair,
she has [Bb]ringlets in her hair
[Eb]She's a [Bb]young thing
and [F]cannot leave her [Bb]mother
Can she bake a cherry pie?
Billy boy, Billy boy.
Can she bake a cherry pie?
[Gm]Charming Billy[C].
[F]She can bake a cherry pie
quick as a [Dm]cat can [Bb]wink her eye.
[Eb]She's a [Bb]young thing
and [F]cannot leave her [Bb]mother.
How old is she?
Billy boy, Billy boy.
How old is she?
Charming [C]Billy.
[F]Three times six
and four times seven,
twenty [Dm]-eight an[Bb]d eleven
[Eb]She's a [Bb]young thing
and can[F]not leave her [Bb]mother[D]
Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,
[A]silver buckles on his knee
He'll [D]come home and marry me,
[A]Bonnie Bobby [D]Shafto
Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,
[A]Combing down his golden hair,
[D]He's my own forevermore,
[A]Bonnie Bobby Shaf[D]toe.
Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,
[A]Silver buckle's on his knee,
[D]He'll come home and marry me,
[A]Bonnie Bobby [D]Shaftoe.