The Monarchs Song Tabulatur von Horrible Histories

[Intro]
F
 
[Verse 1]
F
I'm William the Conqueror
    F
My enemies stood no chance
      F
They call me the first English king
    C
Although I come from France
  C
1066, the Doomsday book
   C
I gave to history
    C
So fat on death my body burst
     F
But enough about me
    A#
To help remember all your kings
      F
I've come up with this song
   G
A simple rhyming ditty
        C
For you all to sing along
 
[Chorus 1]
     F
Oh, William
 
[Spoken]
n.c.
Bit short init. Who came next?
 
[Verse 2]
A#
William second, cheeks were red
A
Killed out hunting, so it's said
G#
I took over, Henry one
G               C
That's my next eldest son
A#
Then King Stephen, it's true check it!
    A
I, Henry two, killed Thomas Beckett
G#
Richard Lionheart? That's right!
G                C
Always spoiling for a fight
A#
Oh King John, what a disaster
A   n.c.
Rule restrained by Magna Carta
 
[Chorus 2]
F
William, William, Henry, Stephen
G
Henry, Richard, John, oi!
C
Time for my mate, King Henry eight
 
To take up this song
 
[Verse 3]
F
Henry three built the abbey
F
Ed one hated Scots
   F
A red hot poker killed Ed two
      C
That must have hurt him lots
 C
Edward third was a chivalry nerd
   C
Began the hundred years war
      C
Then Richard two was king aged ten
      F
Then Henry, yes one more
      A#
King Henry four, plots galore
     F
Not least from Henry five, why?
G
Killed ten score at Agincourt
     C
Then Henry six arrived  (WAH!)
F
Edward four, Edward five
 F
Richard the third, he's bad
       C
'Cause he fought wars with Henry seventh
       C
First Tudor and my dad
   C
So Henry eight, I was great
     C
Six wives, two were beheaded
C                                        F
Edward the sixth came next, but he died young
F
And so my dreaded
A#
Daughter Mary ruled, so scary
F
Then along came... me
     G
I'm Liz the first, I had no kids
    C
So Tudors RIP
 
[Chorus 3]
F
William, William, Henry, Stephen
G
Henry, Richard, John, oi!
C
Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich two
                        F
Then three more Henrys join our song
F
Edward, Edward, Rich the third
A#
Henry, Henry, Ed again
C
Mary one, good Queen Bess
C
That's me, time for more men
 
[Verse 4]
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James six of Scotland next
            F
As English James the first he led
       F
Then Stuarts ruled, so Charles the first
     C
The one who lost his head
    C
No monarchy until came me
         C
Charles two, I liked to party
      C
King Jimmy two was scary, woooh
      F
Then Mary was a smarty
     A#
She ruled with Bill, their shoes were filled
     F
By sourpuss Queen Anne Gloria
    C                       G
And so from then, you were ruled by men
       C
Till along came me Victoria
 
[Chorus 4]
F
William, William, Henry, Stephen
G
Henry, Richard, John, oi!
C
Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich two
                        F
Then three more Henrys join our song
F
Edward, Edward, Rich the third
A#
Henry, Henry, Ed again
C
Mary one, good Queen Bess
C
Jimmy, Charles and Charles and then
A#                A
Jim, Will, Mary, Anna Gloria
                     G        C
Still to come, it's Queen Victoria
 
[Verse 5]
    F
And so began the Hanover gang
      F
George one and George two (grim)
      F
Then George the third was quite absurd
     C
Till I replaced old him
      C
King George the fourth and known henceforth
    C
As angry, fat and cross (hang on)
      C
It's true you beat Napoleon
          F
But were mostly a dead loss (bang on)
     A#
Old William four was a sailor (ahoy)
      F
It's nearly the end of the story-a
    G
As onto the scene comes the best loved queen
C
Hail to Queen Victoria
 
[Chorus 5]
F
William, William, Henry, Stephen
G
Henry, Richard, John, oi!
C
Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich two
C
Then three more Henrys join our song
F
Edward, Edward, Rich the third
A#
Henry, Henry, Ed again
C
Mary one, good Queen Bess
C
Jimmy, Charles and Charles and then
A#                A
Jim, Will, Mary, Anna Gloria
G#
George, George, George, George
G        C
Will, Victoria
 C
Victoria Victoria Victoria
 
[Spoken]
n.c.
I ruled for sixty four years, you know.
 
[Verse 6]
    A#
Ed seven, George five, Ed eight, George six
     F
Liz two then reigned and how
    G
And so our famous monarch song
    C
Is brought right up to now, oh
 
[Chorus 6]
F
William, William, Henry, Stephen
G
Henry, Richard, John, oi!
C
Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich two
C
Then three more Henrys join our song
F
Edward, Edward, Rich the third
G
Henry, Henry, Ed again
C
Mary one, good Queen Bess
C
Jimmy, Charles and Charles and then
A#                A
Jim, Will, Mary, Anna Gloria
G#
George, George, George, George
G         C
Will, Victoria
A#                 A
Edward, George, Edward, George six
     G#                G         C
And Queen Liz two completes the mix
 
[Outro]
F                       A#        G
That's all the English kings and queens
       C                                   F
Since William first that there have been