OK, first up, Arlo's website has the 'official' chords on it. http://www.arlo.net/resources/tablature/display.php?file=ring-around.chopro But speaking as a rank novice, I found the D minor to B flat chord switch was a tad tricky which was a shame as this song's a real crowd pleaser! Anyway, I found a way to cheat a bit and make the whole thing more novice friendly - transpose the chords down 5 semitones and capo it to the 5th fret to get it back into key. It makes the chords way easier to play!

1) ^CI had a friend, a ^E7friend you could trust ^AmWent into the ^Fpark and got busted ^CDoin' the ^D7Ring-Around-A-Rosy-^G7Rag. ^CWent to the park, ^E7late at night ^AmRing-Around-A-Rosy in the ^Fmiddle of the night Yes, we ^Call should do the ^D7Ring-Around-A-^G7Rosy-^CRag ^G7

Ch) Ring around, ring around Rose Touch your nose and blow your toes And mind after doin' the Ring-Around-A-Rosy-Rag. Ring around, ring around Rose Touch your nose and blow your toes And mind after doin' the Ring-Around-A-Rosy-Rag. 2) We ought to send Officer Joe Strange To some Australian mountain range So we all could do the Ring-Aroud-A-Rosy-Rag Would you like to put Philadelphia upthight, one mass Ring-Aroud-A-Rosy in the middle of the night Yes, we all should do the Ring-Aroud-A-Rosy-Rag Ch)

^CTouch your ^E7nose and ^A7blow your toes And ^D7mind after doin' the ^G7Ring-Around-A-Rosy-Rag.

Chords: C x-3-2-0-1-0 E7 0-2-0-1-0-0 Am x-0-2-2-1-0 F x-x-3-2-1-1 D7 x-x-0-2-1-2 G7 3-2-0-0-0-1 A7 x-0-2-0-2-0

Arlo Guthrie - Ring-around-a-rosy rag