Bishop Dance
Bruce Springsteen
RockMedium for beginners4 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
C
F
Em
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
G Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman C G Did a double-quick back flip and slid across the floor C G The Catholic traffic flowed freely 'cross the river F C G And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door G Oh baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree C G If the bow breaks mama might fall G C Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely G C G Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall G F C G Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall G C G And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin' C G Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call C G Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace G There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn G F C G There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born G Well maverick daddy got one-eyed bridge Em C She glides like a monkey-mule kicking on the back slide C G Over hill, over hill, daddy don't you spill now G C G Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill G F C G Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill G C G And Billy, he's crying "Tomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck now" C G The Mohawks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods C G Monatuk, Ocanuk, runnin' through my dreams now G With fire on their fingertips and indian screams G F C G With fire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams G C G G C G G Well early in the morning the cannoneer cried G "I seen the sailor's warning in the western sky" C G Well mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree C F G C G Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me G C And my darling cried, she said "Honey, the weathervane C/G Lately it's been pointing the way to heaven C G Scatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall C G Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choir boys G They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall G F C G They're bustin' off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall G C G And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin' C G Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call C G Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace G There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn G F C G There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born G C G G C G G C G And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin' C G Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call C G Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace G There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn G F C G There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born
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Chord set
G · C · F · Em
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.