Chords suspected by Ray Crow
INTRO CHORDS: D5 D/c Bb5 A5 x 2
D5 E5 A5
In the tower of London, large as life,
A5 D5
the ghost of Anne Bolyn walks they declare.
D5 E5 A5
Poor Anne Bolyn was once King Henry's wife
A5 D5 A5 D5
until he made the headsman bob her hair.
E5 Bb5 A5
Ah, yes, he did her wrong long years ago
Bb5 A5
and she comes up at night to tell him so,
Chorus:
D5 E5 D5 A5 D5 E5 D5 A5
With her head tucked underneath her arm
D5 E5 D5 E5 A5
she walks the bloody tower,
E5 G5 D5 E5 D5
With her head tucked underneath her arm
E5 Bb5 Bb5 A5
at the mid night hour.
D5 E5
She comes to haunt King Henry.
Bb5 A5
She means giving him what for.
D5 E5
Gadzooks, she's going to tell him off.
Bb5 A5
She's feeling very sore,
E5 G5
& just in case the headsman wants to
D5 E5 Bb5
give her an encore
A5 E5 Bb5 A5 D5
she's has her head tucked underneath her arm.
INTRO CHORDS: D5 D/c Bb5 A5 x 1
Chorus
D5 E5 Bb5 A5
The sentries think that it's a football that she carries in
D5 E5 Bb5 A5
and when they had a few they shout, "Is Army going to win?"
E5 G5 D5 E5 Bb5
They think that it's Red Grange instead of poor old Ann Bolyn
A5 E5 Bb5 A5 D5
with her head tucked underneath her arm.
INTRO CHORDS: D5 D/c Bb5 A5 x 1
D5 E5 A5
Sometimes gay King Henry gives a spread
A5 D5
for all his pals and gals and ghostly crew.
D5 E5 A5
The headsman craves the joint and cuts the bread
A5 D5 A5 D5
then in comes Anne Bolyn to queer the do.
E5 Bb5 A5
She holds her head up with a wild war whoop
Bb5 A5
and Henry cries, "Don't drop it in the soup!"
Chorus
D5 E5 Bb5 A5
One night she caught King Henry, he was in the canteen bar.
D5 E5 Bb5 A5
Said he, "Are you Jane Seymour, Anne Bolyn, or Katherine Parr?
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How the sweet san perryann do I know who you are
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with your head tucked underneath your arm?"