Misc Cartoons – Schoolhouse Rock - The Tale Of Mr Morton (Guitar)

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D                   A                
This is the tale of Mister Morton

G                 A
Mister Morton is who?

D                 A
He is the subject of our tale

         G                    A
And the predicate tells what Mister

            D
Morton must do

                      A               G
Mister Morton walked down the street

               A           D
Mister Morton walked

                     A              G
Mister Morton talked to his cat

               A
Mister Morton talked

                                     Bm
     (Hello, cat. You look good.)
Mister Morton was lonely Mister Morton was
        G              A
Mister Morton is the subject of the

D                       G        A
Sentence and what the predicate says

    D
He does

                    A                G
Mister Morton knew just one girl

               A          D
Mister Morton knew

                     A                G
Mister Morton grew flowers for Perl

               A            Bm
Mister Morton grew
Mister Morton was very shy Mister Morton was
        G               A
Mister Morton is the subject of the

  D                     G        A
Sentence and what the predicate says

    D
He does

A
The subject is a noun, that's person
Place or thing
      D
It's who or what the sentence is about

          A
And the predicate is the verb
That's the action word
      B
That gets the subject up and out
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E                   B              A
Mister Morton wrote Pearl a poem

              B             E
Mister Morton wrote

                      B
Pearl replied in the afternoon

 A                  B                C#m
Pearl replied by a note
Mister Morton was very nervous Mister Morton was
         A             B
Mister Morton is the subject of the

 E                      A        B
Sentence and what the predicate says

    E
He does!

    B
The cat stretched
The sun beat down
   E
A neighbor chased his kid
(Come here kid - come on!)
      B
Each sentence is completed when

    A                 B
You know the subject did

E                     B             A
Mister Morton knocked on her door

               B              E
Mister Morton knocked

                  B
Mister Morton sat on her porch

                  A      B         C#m
--Yes, he just-- sat and rocked
Mister Morton was a Nervous man When she opened up the door he ran
E                     B              A
Mister Morton climbed up his stairs

               B           E
Mister Morton climbed

                     B              A
Mister Morton rhymed pretty words

               B         C#m
Mister Morton rhymed
Mister Morton was lonely Mister Morton was
   B
Until Pearl showed up with a single rose

 B
Who says women can't propose?

 E                     B
Now Mister Morton is happy

     A                     B  
And Pearl and the cat are too

E            B                C#m
 They're the subjects of the sentence

               A        B         E
And what the predicate says, they do