Over The Garden Wall - A Courting Song Cifras

"A Courting Song" from Over the Garden Wall, by the Blasting Company, featuring Frank Fairfield
 
Strumming Pattern: DDDD, emphasizing the 2 and 4 either by adding a chuck or more force to the strum :)
 
[Intro]
F | C F | Bb F | C F
 
[Verse]
F                                 C                     F
Write a loving letter, boy, that swoops and sweeps and curls.
Bb                 F                 G7                C7
Calligraphers are just the thing to help you win your girl.
F                                        C                F
Then you'll need to dress up smart; the tailor's here by chance.
       Am                                          E7              Am
He'll stitch your trousers, hold your belt in the fine couture of France.
       C7                                       F
Your shoes? My goodness, how they're worn; but you're too young to know...
      G7                                                     C7
That nothing courts a woman's scorn more than scuffs on the toe!
     F                                C                   F
The cobbler can attend to that. Meanwhile, you must have cake.
Bb                F           G7                 C7
The baker and patissier need work, for goodness sake!
 
[Chorus]
F              C             F
Hi-dee! Diddly-um-de-dum-de-day!
Bb            F               G7                C7
What a merry time we'll have upon your wedding day!
F               C            F
Hi-dee! Diddly-um-de-dum-de-day!
Bb                         F               C   F
There's work for all when little boys get married!
 
[Verse]
F                                     C                 F
That pointy cone upon your head, you can't be wearing that!
     Bb            F                 G7              C7
The milliner will fix you up with a proper high silk hat.
      F                                         C             Dm
The bride, of course, she'll need a dress; on that we must agree.
      Am                                  E7              Am
The seamstress, my young lover, oh, how grateful she will be!
     C7                                  F
The rings, by gum, did I forget? Well, that's my favorite part.
     G7                                                      C7
The vows, the whole romantic mess... now that's a jeweler's art!
     F                            C                Dm
And so you see our handiwork is yours if you're inclined.
         Bb               F                 G7                  C7
But our livelihood's at stake, so don't you go and change your mind!
 
[Chorus, livelier and faster]
F               C            F
Hi-dee! Diddly-um-de-dum-de-day!
Bb             F              G7                C7
What a merry time we'll have upon your wedding day!
F              C             F
Hi-dee! Diddly-um de-dum-de-day!
         Bb                 F              C   F
There's work for all when little boys get married!
 
[Outro]
Bb F | C F
 
 
 
 
 
 
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