Текст песни с аккордами
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[Intro]
F C7
I'm an old timer, I'm an excellent rhymer;
F
I'll sing you a sonf of the sights I have seen.
F C7
'Tis late in December, but well I remember,
F
the springtime of youth when the world was so green.
[Chorus]
F C7
I was born a hundred thousand years ago;
F
There ain't nothing in the world that I don't know.
Bb F Dm
There's no place that I ain't been, 'Round the world and back again;
Gm C7 F
And I'll whup the man who says it isn't so.
[Verse 1]
F C7
In the dawn of civlization I recall,
F
my cave had bear skin carpets wall to wall.
Bb F Dm
We were quite the social group; I was friends with Ally Oop
C7 F
and a charming fellow named Neanderthal.
F C7
I knew Adam and Eve before they knew the score;
F
It was I that designed the fig leaves that they wore
Bb F Dm
And behind the bushes kneelin', Saw the apple they were peelin'
C7 F
and I swear that I'm the one who ate the core.
[Chorus]
F C7
I was born a hundred thousand years ago;
F
There ain't nothing in the world that I don't know.
Bb F Dm
There's no place that I ain't been, 'Round the world and back again;
Gm C7 F
And I'll whup the man who says it isn't so.
[Verse 2]
F C7
Took a trip with Cleopatra down the Nile;
F
Yes, we dated off and on for quite a while.
Bb F Dm
And for King Tut's little kiddies,I built all the pyramiddies
C7 F
and I represented Caesar at his trial.
F C7
Mr Nero was a personal friend of mine;
F
The way he played the fiddle was divine.
Bb F Dm
I went by invitation to a Roman celebration
C7 F
and ended up with ashes in my wine.
[Chorus]
F C7
I was born a hundred thousand years ago;
F
There ain't nothing in the world that I don't know.
Bb F Dm
There's no place that I ain't been, 'Round the world and back again;
Gm C7 F
And I'll whup the man who says it isn't so.
[Verse 3]
F C7
I'll tell you how America came to be:
F
I went sailin' with Columbus 'cross the sea;
Bb F Dm
He gor sick the day we landed, and he went home empty handed
C7 F
and by rights this whole darn place belongs to me.
F C7
I know much more than any book can tell
F
and you must admit I sing it rather well.
Bb F Dm
Now the last part is the best and if you'd like to hear the rest,
C7 F
you can sing it for yourself or -- -- ----.
[Chorus]
F C7
I was born a hundred thousand years ago;
F
There ain't nothing in the world that I don't know.
Bb F Dm
There's no place that I ain't been, 'Round the world and back again;
Gm C7 F
And I'll whup the man who says it isn't so.
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