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ARTIST: Michael Brown - Chad Mitchell Trio\r\nTITLE: Lizzie Borden\r\nLyrics and Chords\r\n\r\nSpoken:\r\nLizzie Bordon took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks.\r\nAnd when the job was nicely done, she gave her father 41.\r\n\r\n[Capo 1]\r\n\r\n[C] Yesterday in old Fall River, Mr. [F] Andrew [G] Borden [C] died\r\n[C] And they got his daughter Lizzie [G] on a charge of homicide\r\n[E] Some folks say she didn't [Am] do it, and [E] others say of course [Am] she did\r\nBut they [F] all [F#m] agree Miss [C] Lizzie [A] B. was a [F] problem [G] kind of [C] kid\r\n\r\n\/ D - - - \/ - - E A \/ D - - B7 \/ G B7 A D \/ \r\n\r\n   'Cause you [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n   Not [C] even if it's [A] planned as a [D] surprise ([G] a surprise)\r\n   No, you [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n   You know how [G] neighbors love to [C] criticize\r\n\r\n   \/ G - D - \/ - - E A \/ G - D - \/ A - D - \/\r\n\r\n[E] Well, she got him on the [Am] sofa [E] where he'd gone to take a [Am] snooze\r\nAnd I [F] hope he [F#] went to [C] heaven [A] 'cause he [F] wasn't [G] wearing [C] shoes\r\n[E] Lizzie kinda rearranged [Am] him [E] with a hatchet so they [Am] say\r\nThen [F] she [F#] got her [C] mother [A] in that [F] same old-[G] fashioned [C] way!\r\n\r\n   But you [F] can't chop your mama up in [C] Massachusetts\r\n   Not [C] even if you're [A] tired of her [D] cuisine (Her [G] cuisine)\r\n   No, you [F] can't chop your mama up in [C] Massachusetts\r\n   You know it's [G] almost sure to cause a [C] scene\r\n\r\n[E] Well, they really kept her [Am] hoppin' [E] on that busy [Am] afternoon\r\nWith [F] both down- [F#m] and up-[C] stairs [A] chopping while she [F] hummed a [G] ragtime [C] tune\r\n[E] They really made her [Am] hustle [E] and when [Am] all was said and done\r\nShe'd [F] removed her [F#m] mother's [C] bustle [A] when she [F] wasn't [G] wearing [C] one\r\n\r\n\r\n   Oh you [F] can't chop your mama up in [C] Massachusetts\r\n   And [C] then blame [A] all the damage on the [D] mice ([G] on the mice)\r\n   No, But you [F] can't chop your mama up in [C] Massachusetts\r\n   That kind of [G] thing just isn't very [C] nice\r\n\r\n[E] Now, it wasn't done for [Am] pleasure [E] and it wasn't [Am] done for spite\r\nAnd it [F] wasn't [F#m] done [C] because [A] the [F] lady [G] wasn't very [C] bright\r\n[E] She'd always done the [Am] slightest thing [E] that mom and papa [Am] bid\r\nThey said, [F] \"Lizzie, [F#m] cut it [C] out,\" so [A] that's [F] exactly w[G] hat she [C] did\r\n\r\n   But you [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n   And [C] then get dressed and [A] go out [D] for a [G] walk\r\n   No you [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n   Massachusetts [G] is a far cry from New [C] York\r\n\r\n   No you [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n     [NC]  Shut the door, and lock and latch it, here comes Lizzie with a brand new hatchet\r\n   You [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n      [NC] Such a snob, I've heard it said, she met her pa and cut him dead\r\n  You [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n      [NC] Jump like a fish, jump like a porpoise, all join hands and habeas corpus\r\n  You [F] can't chop your [C] papa up in Massachusetts\r\n  [G] Massachusetts is a far cry from [C] New York\r\n\r\n   ... \/ G A D - \/\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ARTIST: Michael Brown – Chad Mitchell Trio TITLE: Lizzie Borden Lyrics and Chords Spoken: Lizzie Bordon took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks. And when the job was nicely done, she gave her father 41. [Capo 1] [C] Yesterday in old Fall River, Mr. [F] Andrew [G] Borden … CLICK TO VIEW SONGLizzie Borden<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,253,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-chad-mitchell-trio","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30359,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20783\/revisions\/30359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}