B  A  G  F#
   
   B           A         G        F#
1. There was a boy whose name was Jim
   B                      A   G       F#
   His friends they were very good to him
   B              A      G         F#
   They gave him tea and cakes and jam
   B          A    G      F#
   And slices of delicious ham
   
   G  A       G       E
*: Oh mother, tell me more.
   
   F#
R: Why'd ya have to leave me there
   F#
   Hanging in my infant air
   B
   Waiting  
   F#
   You only have to read the lines
   F#
   of scribbly black and ev'rything
   E    G
   Shines
   
2. The Chief Defect of Henry King
   Chewing little bits of string
   At last he swallowed, some which tied
   Itself in ugly knots inside
   
   G             A
*: Wondering and dreaming
   G                        E
   the words have different meanings
   D   A    E
   Yes they did
   
   F#
   
   F#
R: When finding she was left alone
   F#
   When tiptoe gives the telephone
   B
   Nine Nine Nine
   F#
   Some got the immediate aid
   F#                      E     G
   Of London's Noble Choir Brigade
   
3. For all the time spent in that room
   The doll's house darkness old perfume
   And fairy stories held me high
   On clouds of sunlight floating by
   
   G  A       G       E
*: Oh mother, tell me more.
   D    A  E
   Tell me more....
   
   E