Misc Children – Pop Goes The Weasel (Guitar)

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Versions (2)

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Chords

British verses: [Verse]
G      D        G
Half a pound of tuppenny rice,

       D        G 
Half a pound of treacle.

           D         G  
That’s the way the money goes,

C    D        G

[Verse]
[tab]G      D        G
Every night when I go out,

       D        G 
The monkey's on the table,

       D        G  
Take a stick and knock it off,

C    D        G
Pop! Goes the weasel.
[Verse]
G      D        G
Up and down the City road,

       D       G 
In and out the Eagle,

           D         G  
That’s the way the money goes,

C    D        G
Pop! Goes the weasel.
[Verse]
G    D         G
All around the cobbler’s bench

           D          G  
The monkey chased the weasel;

           D             G     
The monkey thought ’twas all in good fun,

C    D        G
Pop! Goes the weasel.
[Verse]
G       D       G
Jimmy’s got the whooping cough

            D       G  
And Timmy’s got the measles.

           D          G     
That’s the way the story goes,

C    D        G
Pop! Goes the weasel.
[Verse]
G       D       G
I've no time to wait and sigh,

               D            G  
No patience to wait 'til by and by.

        D               G     
Kiss me quick, I'm off, goodbye!

C    D        G
Pop! Goes the weasel.
American verses: [Verse]
G    D         G 
All around the Mulberry Bush,

           D          G  
The monkey chased the weasel.

           D          G     
The monkey stopped to pull up his sock,

C    D        G
Pop! Goes the weasel.
[Verse]
G    D        G 
A penny for a spool of thread

     D        G  
A penny for a needle

           D          G     
That's the way the money goes

C    D        G
Pop! Goes the weasel.