A-tisket A-tasket Chords
by Patti Austin
A-tisket A-tasket by Patti Austin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Cm and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
A|-tisket a-tasket
G
A green-and-yellow basket
D
I bought a basket for my mommie
G
On the way I dropped it
G
I dropped it, I dropped it
G
Yes, on the way I dropped it
D
A little girlie picked it up
D G
And took it to the market
C Cm
She was truckin' on down the avenue
G G7
Without a single thing to do
C Cm
She was peck, peck, peckin' all around
G D
When she spied it on the ground
G
A|-tisket a-tasket
G
She took my yellow basket
D
And if she doesn't bring it back
G
I think that I shall die
(Was it red) No, no, no, no
(Was it brown) No, no, no, no
(Was it blue) No, no, no, no
Just a little yellow basket