The song referred to by tiggerdooley on 23 Mar 01 is A Windmill In Old Amsterdam by Ronnie Hilton, although I only knew it by Freddie and the Dreamers. They omitted Verse 4 in their version. INTRO E A | E A VERSE 1 A (E)mouse lived in a (A)windmill in (D)old Amster(G)dam A (C)windmill with a (Fmaj7)mouse in and (Bm7)he wasn't (E)grousin' (E)He sang every (A)morning, "How (D)lucky I (G)am, (C)Living in a (Fmaj7)windmill in (Bm7)old Amster(E7)dam!" CHORUS (E)I saw a Amouse!, (A7)Where? (E)There on the stair! (Bm7)Where on the stair? (A7)Right (E)there! A (E7)little (E)mouse with (A)clogs (A7)on (E)Well I declare! (E7)Going (Bm7)clip-clippety-(C)clop on the (E)stair (E7)Oh (E)yeah VERSE 2 This mouse he got lonesome, he took him a wife A windmill with mice in, it's hardly surprisin' She sang every morning, "How lucky I am, Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!" CHORUS I saw a mouse!, Where? There on the stair! Where on the stair? Right there! A little mouse with clogs on Well I declare! Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair Oh yeah (KEY CHANGE !!!!!!) VERSE 3 (Fmaj7)First they had (Bm7)triplets and (E)then they had (A)quins A (D)windmill with (G)quins in, and (C)triplets and (Fmaj7)twins in They (Fmaj7)sang every (Bm7)morning, "How (E)lucky we (A)are (D)Living in a (G)windmill in (C)Amsterdam, (Fmaj7)ya!" CHORUS (Fmaj7)I saw a (Bm7)mouse!, Where? (Fmaj7)There on the stair! (C)Where on the stair? (Bm7)Right (Fmaj7)there! A (Fmaj7)little mouse with (Bm7)clogs on (Fmaj7)Well I declare! Going (C)clip-clippety-(D)clop on the (Fmaj7)stair (Fmaj7)Oh yeah VERSE 4 The daughters got married and so did the sons The windmill had christ'nins when no one was list'nin' They all sang in chorus, "How lucky we are Living in a windmill in Amsterdam Yah!" CHORUS I saw a mouse!, Where? There on the stair! Where on the stair? Right there! A little mouse with clogs on Well I declare! Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair Oh yeah OUTRO (play slower, emphasise the chord changes) A Fmouse lived in a windmill, so snug and so nice There's nobody there now but a whole lot of mice .. Ohhh Yeahhhh Allan
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