This song is played with a 3/4 time signature and in the key of F.
'ere goes.
INTRO:
F
VERSE 1:
F Bb Eb Ab
A mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam
C# F# C F
A windmill with a mouse in and he wasn't grousin'
F Bb Eb Ab
He sang every morning, "How lucky I am ,
C# F# C F
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
CHORUS:
F Bb
I saw a mouse!
Where?
F
There on the stair!
C
Where on the stair?
F
Right there!
Bb
A little mouse with clogs on
F
Well I declare!
G C F
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
VERSE 2:
F Bb Eb Ab
This mouse he got lonesome, he took him a wife
C# F# C F
A windmill with mice in, it's hardly surprisin'
F Bb Eb Ab
She sang every morning, "How lucky I am ,
C# F# C F
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
REPEAT CHORUS
KEY CHANGE - F#
VERSE 3:
F# B E A
First they had triplets and then they had quins
D G C# F#
A windmill with quins in, and triplets and twins in
F# B E A
They sang every morning, "How lucky we are
D G C# F#
Living in a windmill in Amsterdam , ya!"
(now because of the key change, the next chorus uses the following chords)
CHORUS:
F# B
I saw a mouse!
Where?
F#
There on the stair!
C#
Where on the stair?
F#
Right there!
B
A little mouse with clogs on
F#
Well I declare!
Ab C# F#
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
VERSE 4:
F# B E A
The daughters got married and so did the sons
D G C# F#
The windmill had christ'nin's when no one was list'nin'
F# B E A
They all sang in chorus, "How lucky we are
D G C# F#
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO (play slower)
F# B E A
A mouse lived in a windmill, so snug and so nice
D G C# F# N.C
There's nobody there now but a whole lot of mice.
(to which the mice sing)
Oh yeah!!!