Chords for Lizzie Borden

_ _ _ _ One very _ exciting area of _ [Eb] folk idiom and folk music to us has always been the hatchet murders in Massachusetts.
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_ _ _ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ I think that this quaint bit of suburban living _ can _ _ _ _ _ _ best be explained through the use of our poet laureate, Joe Frazier.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Elizabeth Borden took an axe _ and gave her mother 40 whacks.
_ _ _ And when the job was nicely done, she gave her father [Eb] 41. _
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Yesterday in Old Fall River, Mr.
Andrew Bort died and he got his daughter Lizzie [Fm] on a charge of [Bb] homicide.
[Eb] Some folks say she didn't do it and [F] others say of [C] course she did.
[G] They all [F] agree Miss Lizzie B was a problem [Eb] type of kid.
[Ab] Cause you can't chop your [Eb] papa up in Massachusetts.
Not even [C] if the plan was [F] a surprise.
A [Abm] surprise!
So you can't chop your papa [Eb] up in _ Massachusetts.
[Bb] You know how neighbors love to [Eb] criticize. _ _ _
_ _ _ He'd gone to take a snooze and I hope he went to heaven.
Cause [F] he wasn't [Bb] wearing shoes.
[Eb] Lizzie kindly rearranged him with a [C] hatchet so they stay.
[G] Then she [Fm] got her mother [Bb] in that same [Eb] old mess.
[Abm] But you can't chop your mama [Eb] up in Massachusetts.
Not even [C] if you're tired [F] of her cuisine.
[Bb] Her cuisine!
[Abm] No you can't chop your mama [Eb] up in _ Massachusetts.
[Bb] You know it's almost sure to [Eb] cause a scene.
Well they really kept her hopping on that busy afternoon.
With both down and upstairs chopping [Fm] while she hung the [Bb] ragtime tune.
[Eb] They really made her hustle and when all [C] was said and done.
[G] She'd removed her [Bb] mother's bustle when she wasn't wearing [Ab] one.
Oh you can't chop your mama up [Eb] in Massachusetts.
And let [C] blame all the damage [F] on the mice.
[Bb] On the mice.
[Ab] No you can't chop your mama [Eb] up in _ Massachusetts.
[Bb] That kind of thing just isn't [Eb] very nice.
Now it wasn't done for pleasure and it wasn't done for spite.
And it wasn't done because the [Fm] lady wasn't [Bb] very bright.
She'd [Eb] always done the slightest thing that mom and [C] papa bid.
They [G] said.
Lizzie [Eb] cut it out!
So [Bb] that's exactly what she did.
[Ab] _ Papa up [Eb] in Massachusetts. _ _
_ _ [C] Papa [F] walk [Bb] back.
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No you can't chop your papa [Eb] up in Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts is a far cry from [Eb] New York.
[Ab] No you can't chop your papa [Eb] up in Massachusetts.
[Gbm] Shut the door and [Ab] lock and latch it.
Here comes Lizzie with a brand new hat.
Chop your [Eb] papa up in Massachusetts.
Such a [G] snob I've heard it said.
She met her pa and cut him [Ab] dead.
You can't chop your [Eb] papa up in _ Massachusetts.
Chunk [N] like a face.
Chunk like a porpoise.
Hold your [Ab] hands and have your heart break.
You can't chop your papa [Eb] up in Massachusetts.
[Ab] _ Massachusetts is [Bb] a far cry from [Eb] New York. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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