Biography:
Alan Price (born April 19, 1942 in Fatfield, County Durham, England) is a musician, songwriter, and actor.
A self-taught musician, primarily a keyboard player, he was educated at Jarrow Grammar School, South Tyneside, and was a founding member of the Tyneside group The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, then renamed The Animals. His playing on their international hit "House of the Rising Sun" and other tracks was a key element in the Animals' success.
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The House that Jack Built - Alan Price Set
Composer: Alan Price
Label: Decca
Original Key : G
Reached #4 in the UK in 1967
Intro:
G C6 G C6 G C6
#1:
G C
Brother Nigel paints the stairs with the signs of the Zodiac
G C
Throws paint in the mirror as he stands in his plastic mac
G D
Sister Emma rides a zebra round and round the garden
C G G F F# G G7
Spends the whole day sayin' I beg your pardon
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
#2:
G C
Uncle Joe cracks walnuts in-between his toes for fun and..
G C
looks through coloured glass at the dark spots on the sun and
G D
Mary, she believes that her mother was a queen, keeps
C G G F F# G G7
Saying, you just missed him, King Solomon's just been
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
Instrumental:
G C G C G D C G F F# G
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
#3:
G C
Cousin Festus writes a letter each and ev'ry single day, he ..
G C
believes that writin' letters keeps the Asian Flu away, I've ..
G D
got a reservation, I was given it for free, cos' ..
C G G F F# G G7
I killed all the flies in the state of Tennessee
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
Outro:
G F F# G F F# G
I'm comin', I'm comin'
G C D G
Please, save a place for me
G7 G
Wo-oh, I'm comin
G7 G
Wo-oh, I'm comin', babe
G7
Wo-oh, I'm comïn', babe
G C G C (repeat and fade)
Composer: Alan Price
Label: Decca
Original Key : G
Reached #4 in the UK in 1967
Intro:
G C6 G C6 G C6
#1:
G C
Brother Nigel paints the stairs with the signs of the Zodiac
G C
Throws paint in the mirror as he stands in his plastic mac
G D
Sister Emma rides a zebra round and round the garden
C G G F F# G G7
Spends the whole day sayin' I beg your pardon
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
#2:
G C
Uncle Joe cracks walnuts in-between his toes for fun and..
G C
looks through coloured glass at the dark spots on the sun and
G D
Mary, she believes that her mother was a queen, keeps
C G G F F# G G7
Saying, you just missed him, King Solomon's just been
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
Instrumental:
G C G C G D C G F F# G
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
#3:
G C
Cousin Festus writes a letter each and ev'ry single day, he ..
G C
believes that writin' letters keeps the Asian Flu away, I've ..
G D
got a reservation, I was given it for free, cos' ..
C G G F F# G G7
I killed all the flies in the state of Tennessee
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
Outro:
G F F# G F F# G
I'm comin', I'm comin'
G C D G
Please, save a place for me
G7 G
Wo-oh, I'm comin
G7 G
Wo-oh, I'm comin', babe
G7
Wo-oh, I'm comïn', babe
G C G C (repeat and fade)
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