This song is played with a 3/4 time signature and in the key of F.
'ere goes.
INTRO:
F5
VERSE 1:
F5 Bb5 Eb5 Ab5
A mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam
C#5 F#5 C5 F5
A windmill with a mouse in and he wasn't grousin'
F5 Bb5 Eb5 Ab5
He sang every morning, "How lucky I am ,
C#5 F#5 C5 F5
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
CHORUS:
F5 Bb5
I saw a mouse!
Where?
F5
There on the stair!
C5
Where on the stair?
F5
Right there!
Bb5
A little mouse with clogs on
F5
Well I declare!
G5 C5 F5
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
VERSE 2:
F5 Bb5 Eb5 Ab5
This mouse he got lonesome, he took him a wife
C#5 F#5 C5 F5
A windmill with mice in, it's hardly surprisin'
F5 Bb5 Eb5 Ab5
She sang every morning, "How lucky I am ,
C#5 F#5 C5 F5
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
REPEAT CHORUS
KEY CHANGE5 - F#5
VERSE 3:
F#5 B5 E5 A5
First they had triplets and then they had quins
D5 G5 C#5 F#5
A windmill with quins in, and triplets and twins in
F#5 B5 E5 A5
They sang every morning, "How lucky we are
D5 G5 C#5 F#5
Living in a windmill in Amsterdam , ya!"
(now because of the key change, the next chorus uses the following chords)
CHORUS:
F#5 B5
I saw a mouse!
Where?
F#5
There on the stair!
C#5
Where on the stair?
F#5
Right there!
B5
A little mouse with clogs on
F#5
Well I declare!
Ab5 C#5 F#5
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
VERSE 4:
F#5 B5 E5 A5
The daughters got married and so did the sons
D5 G5 C#5 F#5
The windmill had christ'nin's when no one was list'nin'
F#5 B5 E5 A5
They all sang in chorus, "How lucky we are
D5 G5 C#5 F#5
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO (play slower)
F#5 B5 E5 A5
A mouse lived in a windmill, so snug and so nice
D5 G5 C#5 F#5 N.C5
There's nobody there now but a whole lot of mice.
(to which the mice sing)
Oh yeah!!!