Lizzie Borden Chords

Chad Mitchell Trio - Lizzie Borden
4/4 - Eb Major (Capo on 1st fret)
 
[Intro]
D
 
[Verse 1]
      D
Yesterday in old Fall River, Mr. Andrew Borden died
                                    E             A
And he got his daughter Lizzie on a charge of homicide
           D                                                  B7
Some folks say she didn't do it, and others say of course she did
         G              B7              A               D
But they all agree Miss Lizzie B. was a problem kind of kid
 
[Chorus]
           G                         D
'Cause you can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
                 B7              E            A
Not even if it's planned as a surprise (a surprise)
        G                         D
No, you can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
    A                               D
You know how neighbors love to criticize
 
[Verse 2]
    D
She got him on the sofa, where he’d gone to take a snooze,
                                        E              A
And I hope he went to heaven, ‘cause he wasn’t wearing shoes!
       D                                             B7
Lizzie kinda rearranged him, with a hatchet, so they say,
    G                B7             A                  D
And then she got her mother in that same old fashioned way
 
[Chorus]
        G                         D
But you can't chop your mama up in Massachusetts
                   B7              E            A
Not even if you’re tired of her cuisine (her cuisine) 
        G                         D
No, you can't chop your mama up in Massachusetts
    A                                 D
You know it’s almost sure to cause a scene 
 
[Verse 3]
           D
Well, they really kept her hopping on that busy afternoon
                                                E                A
With both down and upstairs chopping, while she hummed a ragtime tune
     D                                                 B7
They really made her hustle, and when all was said and done, 
      G                  B7              A              D
She removed her mother’s bustle when she wasn’t wearing one
 
[Chorus]
       G                         D
Oh you can't chop your mama up in Massachusetts
                       B7            E            A
And then blame all the damage on the mice (on the mice)
        G                         D
No, you can't chop your mama up in Massachusetts
     A                             D
That kind of thing just isn’t very nice
 
[Verse 4]
       D
Now it wasn’t done for pleasure, and it wasn’t done for spite
                                    E            A
And it wasn’t done because the lady wasn’t very bright
      D                                                 B7
She’d always done the slightest thing that mom and papa bid,
           G              B7                A              D
They said “Lizzie, cut it out!” so that’s exactly what she did
 
[Chorus]
           G                         D
'Cause you can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
                         B7           E           A
And then get dressed and go out for a walk (for a walk)
        G                         D
No, you can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
     A                              D
Massachusetts is a far cry from New York
 
[Outro]
        G                         D
No, you can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
N.C.
Shut the door and lock and latch it
N.C.
Here comes Lizzie with a brand new hatchet
 
    G                         D
You can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
N.C.
Such a snob I've heard it said
N.C.
She met her pa and cut him dead
 
    G                         D
You can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
N.C.
Jump like a fish, jump like a porpoise
N.C.
All join hands and habeas corpus!
 
    G                         D
You can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
     G             A                D
Massachusetts is a far cry from New York!
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