[ Предположительная тональность: G ] G C G I was born ten thousand years ago D And there's nothing in this world that I don't know G C I saw Pater, Paul, and Moses playing ring around the roses G D G And I'll lick the man that says it isn't so G C G I saw Satan when he searched the garden o'er D I saw Eve and Adam driven from the door G C And behind the bushes peepin', saw the apple they were eatin' G D G And I swear that I'm the guy that ate the core G C G I saw Jonah when he was in the whale D And thought he'd never live to tell the tale G C But old Jonah'd eaten garlic, and he gave the whale the colic G D G So he coughed him up and let him out of jail G C G I saw Israel in the battle of the Nile D The arrows were flying thick and fast and wild G C I saw David with his sling pop Goliath on the wing G D G I was doing forty seconds to the mile G C G I was born ten thousand years ago D And there's nothing in this world that I don't know G C I saw old King Pharoah's daughter takin Moses from the water G D G And I'll lick the man that says it isn't so G C G I saw Sampson when he laid the village cold D Saw Daniel tame the lions in their hold G C I helped build the Tower of Babel up as high as they were able G D G And there's many other things I haven't told G C G I taught Solomon his little A-B-C's D I helped Brigham Young to make Limburger cheese G C And while sailing down the bay with Methuselah one day G D G I saved his flowing whiskers from the breeze G C G Queen Elizabeth, fell dead in love with me D We were married in Milwaukee secretly G C But I schemed around and shook her, then she went with General Hooker G D G To shoot mosquitoes down in Tennessee G C G I remember when the country had a king D I saw Cleopatra pawn her wedding ring G C And I saw th flags a'flyin' when George Washington stopped lyin' G D G On the night when Patty first begin to sing G C G So, you see I am an educated man D To keep my brains in my head I plan G C Cause I been on earth so long, that I use to sing a song G D G While Abraham and Issac played the band G C G I was born ten thousand years ago D And there's nothing in this world that I don't know G C I saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring-around-the-roses G D G And I can lick the guy that says it is'nt so
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