Alexander Beetle

(transcribed by Jim McGuire)

 

 

Capo on 2nd Fret

 

I had a little beetle so that beetle was his name

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And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same

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And I put him in a matchbox and I kept him all the day

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But Nanny let my beetle out she went and let my beetle out

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And the beetle ran away

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SAME CHORDS

 

She said she didn’t mean it and I never said she did

She said she wanted matches and she just took off the lid

She said I mustn’t worry and I really mustn’t mind

That there’s lots and lots of beetles

That she’s certain we could find

 

 

She said I mustn’t worry but it’s difficult to catch

An excited Alexander you’ve mistaken for a match

If we looked in all the places that a beetle might be near

And we made the kind of noises that a beetle likes to hear

 

 

BREAK with funny noises……that’s up to you

 

 

And I heard a kind of something and I gave a sort of shout

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It was a beetle house and Alexander Beetle coming out

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It was Alexander beetle I’m as certain as can be

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And he had the kind of look as though he thought it might be me

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SAME CHORDS AGAIN

 

And he had a kind of look as though he really ought to say

I’m really very sorry that I tried to run away

And Nanny’s very sorry too cos you know what she did

She’s writing Alexander very blackly on the lid

So Nan and me are friends because it’s difficult to catch

An excited Alexander you’ve mistaken for a match

 

 

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Alexander beetle

(transcribed by Ketzia)

 

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-Verse-

 

   (A)

 I had a little beetle,

         (D)            (A)

 so that beetle was his name.

       (D)            (A)

 and I called him alexander,

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 and he answered just the same.

 

 That's pretty much it! It's the same chords

throughout but I haven't quite worked out the proper

picking yet.