Schoolhouse Rock – The Tale Of Mr Morton chords

Db                  Ab               GbThis is the tale of Mister Morton
                 AbMister Morton is who?
Db                AbHe is the subject of our tale
        Gb                   AbAnd the predicate tells what Mister
            DbMorton must do

                     Ab              GbMister Morton walked down the street
              Ab          DbMister Morton walked
                     Ab              GbMister Morton talked to his cat
               AbMister Morton talked
                                     Bbm     (Hello, cat. You look good.)

Mister Morton was lonely

Mister Morton was

       Gb                AbMister Morton is the subject of the
Db                    Gb        AbSentence and what the predicate says
       DbHe does

                    Ab               GbMister Morton knew just one girl
              Ab          DbMister Morton knew
                   Ab                GbMister Morton grew flowers for Perl
              Db            BbmMister Morton grew

Mister Morton was very shy

Mister Morton was

       Gb               AbMister Morton is the subject of the
Db                     Gb       AbSentence and what the predicate says
       DbHe does
AbThe subject is a noun, that's person

Place or thing
     DbIt's who or what the sentence is about
       AbAnd the predicate is the verb

That's the action word
      BbThat gets the subject up and out

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Eb                   Bb              AbMister Morton wrote Pearl a poem
              Bb             EbMister Morton wrote
                      BbPearl replied in the afternoon
Ab                 Bb                DbmPearl replied by a note

Mister Morton was very nervous

Mister Morton was

      Ab                BbMister Morton is the subject of the
Eb                    Ab         BbSentence and what the predicate says
       EbHe does!

     BbThe cat stretched

The sun beat down
  EbA neighbor chased his kid

(Come here kid - come on!)
      BbEach sentence is completed when
    Ab                BbYou know the subject did

Eb                    Bb             AbMister Morton knocked on her door
               Bb              EbMister Morton knocked
                  BbMister Morton sat on her porch
                  Ab      Bb         Cm--Yes, he just-- sat and rocked

Mister Morton was a Nervous man

When she opened up the door he ran

Eb                    Bb             AbMister Morton climbed up his stairs
               Bb           EbMister Morton climbed
                     Bb              AbMister Morton rhymed pretty words
              Bb         CmMister Morton rhymed

Mister Morton was lonely

Mister Morton was
   BbUntil Pearl showed up with a single rose
 BbWho says women can't propose?
Eb                     Bb Now Mister Morton is happy
     Ab                    Bb  And Pearl and the cat are too
Eb            Bb               Cm They're the subjects of the sentence
               Ab       Bb         EbAnd what the predicate says, they do