The Story Book Ball chords by 
Maria Muldaur 
N/A
Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
Okay, it's story time now.
Are you ready, boys and girls?
Yeah!
Bm
D
Bm
Okay, be quiet now because
here goes.
D
I'm going to tell this story.
Be good.
I want to hear the story of that Goldilocks.
Bm
D
Bm
No, I'm going to tell you the story
of the storybook ball.
D
Are you ready? Yeah!
Bm
D
One, two, three.
Bm
F#
Up in Mother Goose's book,
Bm
up in the nursery,
F#
Bm
Simple Simon said, feeling sad,
Em
D
Em
Said, Peter Piper's daughter, so am I,
D
I think we ought to do
C#
Something that'll make
F#
the kitties glad.
Bm
Smarty, Smarty said,
F#
Bm
I think we'll have a party,
And he called on the old
F#
Bm
woman in the shoe.
Em
D
Now the cat, he brought his fiddle,
Em
and he played,
D
C#
I diddle, diddle, and what happened then,
A
F#
A
I'm gonna tell to you.
D
Little Jackie Horner
eating pie up in the corner,
sucking his thumb, pulled out a plum.
Little Missy Muffet sitting on her tuffet,
A
and she said, yum, yum,
won't you give me some?
Georgie Porgie eating pudding and pie,
D
he made Mary quite contrary,
B
and he made her cry.
E
Little Bo Peep lost her sheep
A
and couldn't find them
All the tales behind them
D
Peter Peter Pumpkin
Eater had a wife
And couldn't keep her at
the ball in the hall
Humpty Dumpty met her and she said
G
You better let me help you off that wall
Before you fall
Abdim
Oh King Cole that merry old soul
C#
D
Helped old Mother Hubbard
B
blow his big bank roll
E
A
Buying lollipops and pretties for the kiddies
D
At the Storybook Ball
G
Doodly oopy doo
Abdim
D
A
D
B
E
A
D
Bm
They danced and danced
F#
Bm
till early in the morning
They really didn't know just when to stop
Em
D
So as the day was dawning
Em
D
and the kitties all were yawning
C#
They found out the mouse
F#
had run up in the clock
Bm
Now Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick he started,
and over that big candlestick he flew.
Em
D
And little Tommy Tuck er
Em
D
started singing for his supper,
C#
and so boy Blue said,
F#
A
gee I'm hungry too.
D
Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers,
brought them to the ball,
and that's not all.
Tom Tom the Piper's son, he stole a pig
A
and away he run through the hall.
What a squall!
Molly put the kettle on,
but tea got cold.
D
A
They had to eat the porridge
D
B
that was nine days old.
E
Jack fell down and broke his crown
A
and spilled the water, he had an order
D
Four and twenty blackbirds
were baking in a pie
and they refused to sing anything
Wasn't that an awful way
for little birds to act
G
before the queen and king?
Such a terrible thing,
said the knave and the king
Abdim
to the queen of hearts
D
A
D
Come on, hurry up honey,
B
E
bring some tarts, so she did
A
D
And the kids had a picnic
B
E
at the story book mall, so she did
A
And the kids had a picnic
D
at the Storybook Mall.
D
Doodly -oopy -doo.
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ChordsD Bm F# Em C#...
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G
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