The House that Jack Built - Alan Price Set Composer: Alan Price Label: Decca Original Key : G Reached #4 in the UK in 1967 Intro: G C6 G C6 G C6 #1: G C Brother Nigel paints the stairs with the signs of the Zodiac G C Throws paint in the mirror as he stands in his plastic mac G D Sister Emma rides a zebra round and round the garden C G G F F# G G7 Spends the whole day sayin' I beg your pardon Chorus: C G Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry C G This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it .. D7 G F F# G reaches up to the sky #2: G C Uncle Joe cracks walnuts in-between his toes for fun and.. G C looks through coloured glass at the dark spots on the sun and G D Mary, she believes that her mother was a queen, keeps C G G F F# G G7 Saying, you just missed him, King Solomon's just been Chorus: C G Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry C G This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it .. D7 G F F# G reaches up to the sky Instrumental: G C G C G D C G F F# G Chorus: C G Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry C G This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it .. D7 G F F# G reaches up to the sky #3: G C Cousin Festus writes a letter each and ev'ry single day, he .. G C believes that writin' letters keeps the Asian Flu away, I've .. G D got a reservation, I was given it for free, cos' .. C G G F F# G G7 I killed all the flies in the state of Tennessee Chorus: C G Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry C G This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it .. D7 G F F# G reaches up to the sky Outro: G F F# G F F# G I'm comin', I'm comin' G C D G Please, save a place for me G7 G Wo-oh, I'm comin G7 G Wo-oh, I'm comin', babe G7 Wo-oh, I'm comïn', babe G C G C (repeat and fade)
