The fingerstyle guitar tab (chord melody) for “Three Blind Mice” is available for download as a PDF.

Three Blind Mice

“Three Blind Mice” is an English nursery rhyme and musical round, with its earliest known version published in 1609 by Thomas Ravenscroft in Deuteromelia. The original lyrics were quite different, referring to three blind mice and a dame scraping tripe. The modern version, featuring the farmer’s wife cutting off their tails with a carving knife, first appeared in print around the mid-19th century.

A popular theory links it to Queen Mary I (“Bloody Mary”), where the “three blind mice” allegedly represent three Protestant bishops (the Oxford Martyrs) executed by burning in the 1550s. However, scholars note inconsistencies, as they were not blinded and the rhyme’s publication postdates her reign. It endures as a classic, often violent, children’s song worldwide.

Video

In the video below, I perform the piece as transcribed.

Chord Melody Guitar Tabs

“Three Blind Mice” is available for download as a PDF in a bundle with 8 other songs.

Happy Birthday – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Mary Had a Little Lamb – Frère Jacques – Hush, Little Baby – London Bridge is Falling Down – Row, Row, Row Your Boat – Three Blind Mice – This Old Man

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