E|--------0-2-2-0-0---| B|--3-3-3-----------3-| G|--------------------| D|--------------------| A|--------------------| E|--------------------| (Alternate Intro Tab) E|----------------------| B|--5-5-5-7-9-9-7-9-7-5-| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| [Verse] D A D I had 4 sisters beyond the sea D A D Per Meri Dixi Dominie D A D And they each sent a present to me D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie [Chorus] D G D Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie (Play Intro Tab Again) [Verse] D A D The first sent a chicken without 'ere a bone D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie D A D The second sent a cherry without 'ere a stone D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie [Chorus] D G D Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie (Play Intro Tab Again) [Verse] D A D The third sent a book which no man could read D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie D A D The fourth sent a blanket without 'ere a thread D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie [Chorus] D G D Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie (Play Intro Tab Again) [Verse] D A D How can there be a chicken without 'ere a bone? D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie D A D How can there be a cherry without 'ere a stone? D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie [Chorus] D G D Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie (Play Intro Tab Again) [Verse] D A D How can there be a book which no man could read? D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie D A D How can there be a blanket without 'ere a thread? D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie [Chorus] D G D Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie (Play Intro Tab Again) [Verse] D A D When the chicken's in the eggshell, there is no bone D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie D A D When the cherry's in the bud, there is no stone D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie [Chorus] D G D Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie (Play The Intro Tab Again) [Verse] D A D When the book's in the press, no one it can read D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie D A D When the blanket's on the fleece, there is no thread D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie [Chorus] D G D Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori D A D Peri Meri Dixi Dominie