Intro:
D / Bb / C
verse 1
D
Long time ago in the land of Eden
Bb
God invented livin' and breathin'
D G
Only one rule I got so far...
D A D
don't take a cookie from the cookie jar!
verse 2
D
So it all began with Adam and Eve
Bb
And the knowledge of the good and the evil tree
D G
When a snake crawled into their backyard...
D A D
Say.. let's all have a cookie from the cookie jar!
Chorus
D G D
Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
A Bmin
Where will it end? How did it start?
D G
Twist of the lid and here we are...
D A D
Shakin' hands in the cookie jar
D G D
Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
A Bmin
Where will it end? How did it start?
D G
Twist of the lid and here we are...
D A D
Shakin' hands in the cookie jar
verse 3
D
So there in the garden where they were livin'
Bb
Adam and Eve did the very first fibbin'
D G
Up drive God in the Company Car
D A D
Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
verse 4
D
Banished from their paradise
Bb
Followed by old beady eyes
D G
Now even their kids've got to carry the scar...
D A D
Cuttin' edge of the cookie jar
Chorus (as usual) followed by spoken:
Pick up that napkin: cover your face!
Crumbs are lyin' all over the place!
Gimme them feathers, where's that tar?
Somebody new is in the cookie jar!
instrumental break
verse 5
D
For years and years this game's been played
Bb
Lives been lost; fortunes made
D G
Until at last the Morning Star
D A D
Rose above the cookie jar
verse 6
D
A vision of his Father's will
Bb
He died and then rose further still
D G
And now releases every heart
D A D
Fallen in the cookie jar
Chorus
