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[Verse 1]
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Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme three little men got lost
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Like you and me they couldn't agree and upon the waves they tossed
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Well I'll sing their tune cause they got marooned with a love I can't forget
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Now the three little men just took me in on an ocean of regret

[Chorus]
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With a rub-a-dub-dub three men in the tub lost on the ocean blue
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I'll row like a hub sing rub-a-dub-dub cause you broke my heart in two

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[Verse 2]
        A                                                                D
Well my heart is sore and I can't reach shore and and I'm driftin' far away
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From the love I had and I'm feelin' mighty bad and I can't go on this way
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Won't you throw out the line and say you're mine and take me back again
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Cause my rudder's broke and it ain't no joke won't you reach and pull me in

[Chorus]
E7     A                                                    E7
With a rub-a-dub-dub three men in the tub lost on the ocean blue
     A                   D                       E7                A
I'll row like a hub sing rub-a-dub-dub cause you broke my heart in two

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[Verse 3]
       A                                                             D
Well I knew right away there'd never come a day when I'd reach land again
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The one I adore on the distance shore is now at the rainbow's end
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To the three little guys I turned my eyes won't you tell your names to me
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Well one said fate one said hate and the other said jealousy

[Chorus]
E7     A                                                    E7
With a rub-a-dub-dub three men in the tub lost on the ocean blue
     A                   D                       E7                A    E A
I'll row like a hub sing rub-a-dub-dub cause you broke my heart in two