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This Old Man

Traditional

Key: G

Verse

GThis  old  man,  he  played  one
CHe  played  knick-knack D7on  my  thumb
 With  a Gknick-knack  paddywhack, Cgive  a  dog  a  bone
D7This  old  man  came  rolling Ghome

Continue counting up: two (on my shoe), three (on my knee), four (on my door), five (on my hive), and so on to ten.

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