One brown mouse (1978)
D - A - D -
A
A D A
1. Smile your little smile, take some tea with
me awhile,
G D A
brush
away that black cloud from your shoulder.
A - D A
Twitch your whiskers,
feel that you're really real,
G D
A
another
tea-time, another day older.
A - D A
2. Puff warm breath on your tiny hands, you wish you were a man,
G D A
who
every day can turn another page.
A D A
Behind your glass you sit and
look at my ever-open book,
G D A
one brown
mouse sitting in a cage.
E D A
+ Do you wonder if I really
care for you ?
E D A
Am I just the company you keep ?
F C D A
Which one of us exercises on
the old treadmill ?
E G D
Who hides his head, pretending
to sleep ?
+ D ~ (+
flute solo)
A D A
3. Smile your little smile, take some tea with
me awhile,
G
D
A
brush
away that black cloud from your shoulder.
A - D A
Twitch your whiskers,
feel that you're really real,
G D A
another
tea-time, another day older.
A D
A
4. Smile your little smile, take some tea with
me awhile.
G D
A
and
every day we'll turn another page.
A D
A
Behind our glass we'll sit and
look at our ever-open book,
G D
A
one
brown mouse sitting in a cage,
G D A
one
brown mouse sitting in a cage,
G D A
one
brown mouse sitting in a cage.
+ D - A
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Jethro Tull)