everybody came to nobody's wedding	D A
Everybody knew it was bound to be a hoot	D G
What can you do when nothing else is cooking?	C F
You make your own amusement, bring a pile of loot	Bm E

There was Alice, the butcher, tidy and gone	A E A E/G#
We couldn't see where they were heading	A E A E
With sixteen days and sixteen nights	A A/G# F#m7 E
And it weren't even nobody's wedding	D E A E

What a great reception," all the people cried	D A
Who stole the groom and who stole the bride?	D G
How did the countess slide underneath the door?	C F
Why is the wild boy chopping up the floor?	Bm E

There was Alice, the butcher, tidy and gone	A E A E/G#
We couldn't see where they were heading	A E A E
With sixteen days and sixteen nights	A A/G# F#m7 E
And it weren't even nobody's wedding	D E A E

instrumental		F#m
instrumental		A Bm E A
instrumental		A Bm E A
instrumental		A Bm E A
instrumental		A Bm E A Bm A D E A

I didn't hear the sound of the tin cans rattle	D A
I didn't hear a tear drop, I didn't hear a prattle	D G
I didn't hear the words of the Bible being read	C F
When it's nobody's wedding, nobody's wed	Bm E

There was Alice, the butcher, tidy and gone	A E A E/G#
We couldn't see where they were heading	A E A E
With sixteen days and sixteen nights	A A/G# F#m7 E
And it weren't even nobody's wedding	D E A E

A Bm E A Bm E