Mother Goose chords by Ian Anderson

SimplifiedC · Em · G · A · Asus4 …

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C
Em
G
A
Asus4
Am
D
Dsus4
B
Bm
E
G#aug
F#dim
F
Abaug
Bb

Intro 1

As I did walk by Hampstead

Verse 1
Fair
Am 
C 
D 
 (A minor) I  (C major) came upon  (D major) Mother Goose
C 
D 
 (C major) So I  (D major) turned her loose
A 
She was screaming  (A major) 
Asus4 
A 
Asus4 
 (Asus4)  (A major)  (Asus4) 
A 
 (A major) 

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Verse 2

And a foreign student said to me

Was it really true

There were elephants and lions too

In Picadilly Circus?

Verse 3
D 
A 
 (D major) Walked down by  (A major) the bathing pond
D 
G 
D 
A 
 (D major) To  (G major) try and catch some sun  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
Must've been a  (D major) hundred schoolgirls
A 
D 
G 
 (A major) Sobbing in (D major) to  (G major) handkerchiefs
D 
A 
as one  (D major)  (A major) 
Am 
I don't  (A minor) believe they knew
A 
I was a school (A major) boy

Verse 4
A 
 (A major) 
G 
A 
And a bearded  (G major) lady  (A major) said to me
C 
D 
Dsus4 
D 
 (C major) "If you start  (D major)  (Dsus4) your      (D major) raving
C 
D 
 (C major) And your  (D major) misbehaving
C 
A 
You'll be  (C major) sorry (A major) "
Asus4 
A 
 (Asus4)  (A major) 

Verse 5
B 
Then the chicken- fan (B major) ci
Bm 
D 
A 
 (B minor) er   (D major) came  (A major) to play
C 
D 
 (C major) With his  (D major) long red beard
C 
D 
 (C major) And his  (D major) sister's weird
A 
Asus4 
She drives a lorry  (A major)  (Asus4) 
A 
Asus4 
A 
 (A major)  (Asus4)  (A major) 

Verse 6
D 
A 
 (D major) Laughed down by the  (A major) putting green
G 
D 
A 
I  (G major) popped 'em in their holes  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
Four and twenty  (D major) labourers were labouring
Bm 
G 
D 
A 
 (B minor) Dig  (G major) ging up their  (D major) gold  (A major) 
Am 
I don't  (A minor) believe they knew
A 
That I was Long John Sil (A major) ver

Interlude 1
A 
Am 
C 
Am 
A 
Am 
 (A major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (A major)  (A minor) 
Em 
C 
A 
B 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (A major)  (B major) 
E 
Em 
A 
Em 
A 
C 
Em 
A 
Am 
Em 
 (E major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
A 
C 
Em 
G 
D 
Em 
C 
G 
Em 
 (A major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
Bm 
Am 
C 
D 
G 
D 
Em 
C 
G 
Em 
 (B minor)  (A minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
Bm 
Am 
D 
A 
D 
Bm 
G 
D 
A 
Asus4 
A 
D 
A 
D 
Bm 
G 
 (B minor)  (A minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
A 
G#aug 
F#dim 
F 
A 
Asus4 
A 
Abaug 
F#dim 
F 
D 
 (D major)  (A major)  (G sharpaug)  (F sharpdim)  (F major)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (A major)  (A flataug)  (F sharpdim)  (F major)  (D major) 
A 
Em 
D 
Em 
E 
Em 
D 
Em 
A 
Em 
E 
A 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major) 
Bb 
A 
A 
 (B flat major)  (A major)  (A major) 

Verse 7
A 
Saw  (A major) Johnny Scarecrow
A 
make  (A major) his rounds
C 
D 
 (C major) With his  (D major) jet- black mac
C 
D 
 (C major) Which  (D major) he won't give back
A 
Stole it from a snow (A major) man
A 
As I did walk by Hampstead  (A major) Fair