Tuning: E A D G B E

^GI was born ten ^Cthousand years ^Gago And there's nothing in this world that I don't ^Dknow I saw ^GPater, Paul, and Moses playing r^Cing around the roses And I'll ^Glick the man that ^Dsays it isn't^G so

^GI saw Satan when he s^Cearched the garden o^G'er I saw Eve and Adam driven from the doo^Dr And be^Ghind the bushes peepin', saw the^C apple they were eatin' And I swe^Gar that I'm the gu^Dy that ate th^Ge core

^GI saw Jonah when ^Che was in the ^Gwhale And thought he'd never live to tell the ^Dtale But ol^Gd Jonah'd eaten garlic, and he g^Cave the whale the colic So he cou^Gghed him up and le^Dt him out of ^Gjail

^GI saw Israel in the ^Cbattle of the^G Nile The arrows were flying thick and fast and ^Dwild I saw ^GDavid with his sling pop ^CGoliath on the wing I was ^Gdoing forty ^Dseconds to the ^Gmile

^GI was born ten ^Cthousand years ^Gago And there's nothing in this world that I don't ^Dknow I saw ^Gold King Pharoah's daughter taki^Cn Moses from the water And I'll ^Glick the man that ^Dsays it isn't^G so

^GI saw Sampson w^Chen he laid the village ^Gcold Saw Daniel tame the lions in their ^Dhold I helped b^Guild the Tower of Babel up as ^Chigh as they were able And there^G's many other thin^Dgs I haven't ^Gtold

^GI taught Solomon his ^Clittle A-B-^GC's I helped Brigham Young to make Limburger ^Dcheese And while s^Gailing down the bay with Met^Chuselah one day I s^Gaved his flowing w^Dhiskers from the ^Gbreeze

^GQueen Elizabeth, fell ^Cdead in love with ^Gme We were married in Milwaukee secret^Dly But I ^Gschemed around and shook her, then she ^Cwent with General Hooker To ^Gshoot mosquitoes d^Down in Tennes^Gsee

^GI remember when^C the country ha^Gd a king I saw Cleopatra pawn her wedding ri^Dng And I ^Gsaw th flags a'flyin' when Georg^Ce Washington stopped lyin' On the n^Gight when Patty fi^Drst begin to ^Gsing

^GSo, you see I a^Cm an educated m^Gan To keep my brains in my head I plan^D Cause ^GI been on earth so long, that I ^Cuse to sing a song While Ab^Graham and Issac pl^Dayed the band^G

^GI was born ten ^Cthousand years ^Gago And there's nothing in this world that I don't^D know I saw ^GPeter, Paul and Moses playing ri^Cng-around-the-roses And I ca^Gn lick the guy tha^Dt says it is'^Gnt so

Misc Traditional - I was born about 4000 years ago