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THERE'S A HOLE/THERE'S A WINDMILL

THERE'S A HOLE/THERE'S A WINDMILL
Traditional
with new lyrics by Christine Lavin

(Easy two chord song – first section the chords are C-G)

C                                                  G
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
                                                    C
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea

There's a hole

There's a hole
                                 G                C
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea

There's a pipe in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a pipe in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a hole
There's a hole
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea

There's oil in the pipe in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's oil in the pipe in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a hole
There's a hole
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea

There's a crack in the pipe in the hole of the bottom of the sea
There's a crack in the pipe in the hole of the bottom of the sea
There's a hole
There's a hole
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea

A (transition chord – now the chords are D - A - Bm
(minor chord just in this 'oil on the surface' section)

           D                                  A
There's oil on the surface of the sea
                                              Bm
There's oil on the surface of the sea

There's oil

There's oil
                             A                D
There's oil on the surface of the sea

There's a seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's a seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's oil
There's oil
There's oil on the surface of the sea

There's a bird on the seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's a bird on the seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's oil
There's oil
There's oil on the surface of the sea

There's a turtle on the bird on the seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's a turtle on the bird on the seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's oil
There's oil
There's oil on the surface of the sea

There's a crab on the turtle on the bird on the seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's a crab on the turtle on the bird on the seal in the oil on the surface of the sea
There's oil
There's oil
From a hole in the bottom of the sea

B (Transition chord – now instead of D-A-Bm it's E-B)
                  E                     B
There's a windmill up on the hill
There's a windmill up on the hill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill up on the hill

There's a power plant run by the windmill up on the hill
There's a power plant run by the windmill up on the hill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill up on the hill

There's hot water from the power plant run by the windmill up on the hill
There's hot water from the power plant run by the windmill up on the hill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill up on the hill

There's soap in the water heated by the power plant by the windmill up on the hill
There's soap in the water heated by the power plant by the windmill up on the hill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill
There's a windmill up on the hill

C (transition chord)

We'll clean the . . .
  F                                                                        
oil off the crab and the turtle and the bird and the seal
                                                                                                                 C
with the soap in the water heated by the power plant by the windmill up on the hill

We'll clean the oil off the crab and the turtle and the bird and the seal
                                                                                                                   F
with the soap in the water heated by the power plant by the windmill up on the hill
                                                                              C             F
There's a windmill there's a windmill there's a windmill up on the hill
                                                                                        C              Bb  F
No more holes . . . no more holes . . . no more holes in the bottom of the sea






Credits:

Christine Lavin:  vocal and guitar
trad, new lyrics by Christine Lavin