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🌉 London Bridge: chords and words

London Bridge is written in C major, with 2 chords: C and G. Tap Fits a small voice and I’ll move the whole song to where you can sing it.

London Bridge in C major

The tune goes from C4 to A4: try “Fits a small voice”.

CLondonBridgeisfallingdown,

Gfallingdown,Cfallingdown.

CLondonBridgeisfallingdown,

GmyfairClady.

CBuilditupwithsticksandstones,

Gsticksandstones,Csticksandstones.

CBuilditupwithsticksandstones,

GmyfairClady.

Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain. peabody.kids/music

Where the song comes from

London Bridge Is Falling Down was printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book in about 1744, and children were playing it as a game long before that. The tune sung in America today was printed in Philadelphia in 1879. Two children make the bridge with their arms, and it falls on 'my fair lady'.

Words: Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (London, c. 1744). Tune: A. H. Rosewig, Illustrated National Nursery Songs and Games (Philadelphia, 1879). Both were printed before 1931, so the song is in the public domain in the United States: anyone may sing it, print it and share it. Peabody wrote out the tune and the chords for this page. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_Is_Falling_Down.

For teachers

The tune runs from C4 to A4 in C major. For a class from Pre-K to 2nd grade, try D major (D, A), which keeps it inside D4 to B4.

Easiest to play

On a ukulele: F major (F, C). On a guitar: C major (C, G).

Sing it with the words lit up

The sing-along plays the tune and lights each word as it is sung.

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Checked 2026-10-31.