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When (C)try ing to ex press one self, it’s frank ly quite ab (G7)surd to leaf through length y lex i cons to find the per fect (C)word.
A lit tle spon ta (C)ne i ty keeps (C7)con ver sa tion (F)keen.
You (D)need to find a way to say pre cise ly what you (C)mean.
Oh, Su per cal i frag il is tic ex pi al i (G7)do cious!
E ven though the sound of it is some thing quite a (C)tro cious, if you say it (C)loud e nough, you’ll (C7)al ways sound pre (F)co cious.
(F)Su per (D7)cal i (C)frag il is tic (G7)ex pi al i (C)do cious.
Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
(C)Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
(C)Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
(C)Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
When (C)Stone Age men were chat ting, sim ply grunt ing would suf (G7)fice.
Though if they’d heard this word, they might ’ave used it once or (C)twice.
I’m sure E gyp tian (C)Phar aohs would have (C7)grasped it in a (F)jiff, then (D)ev ’ry sin gle pyr a mid would bear this hie ro (C)glyph.
Oh, su per cal i frag il is tic ex pi al i (G7)do cious!
Say it and wild an i mals will not seem so fe (C)ro cious.
Add some fur ther (C)flour ish es, it’s (C7)so ro co co (F)co cious.
(F)Su per (D7)cal i (C)frag il is tic (G7)ex pi al i (C)do cious.
Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
(C)Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
(C)Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
(C)Um did dle did dle did dle (G7)um did dle ay.
When (D)Um did dle did dle did dle (A7)um did dle ay.
(D)Um did dle did dle did dle (A)um did dle ay.
The (D)Dru ids could ’ave carved it on their might y mon o (A7)liths.
The an cient Greeks, I’m cer tain, would have used it in their (D)myths.
I’m sure the Ro man (D)Em pire on ly (D)en tered the a (G)byss be (E)cause those Lat in schol ars nev er had a word like (A)this.
(D)Su per cal i frag il is tic ex pi al i (A)do cious!
If you say it soft ly, the ef fect can be hyp (D)no tious.
Check your breath be (D)fore you speak in (D)case it’s hal i (G)to tious.
Su per cal i (D)frag il is tic (A7)ex pi al i (D)do cious.
Um did dle did dle did dle (A7)um did dle ay.
(D)Um did dle did dle did dle (A7)um did dle ay.
(D)Um did dle did dle did dle (A7)um did dle ay.
(D)Um did dle did dle did dle (A7)um did dle ay.
So (A)S u p e r
(G)c a l i f
(A)r a g i l
(D)i s t i (A)c e x p (G)i a l i (A)d o (D)c i o u s.
Su per cal i frag il is tic ex pi al i (A7)do cious!
E ven though the sound of it is some thing quite a (D)tro cious, if you say it (D)loud e nough, you’ll (D)al ways sound pre (G)co cious.
(G)Su per cal i (D)frag il is tic!
(G)Su per cal i (D)frag il is tic!
(G)Su per cal i (D)frag il is tic (A7)ex pi al i (D)do cious!
This page shows “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” by Sherman Brothers in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 212 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.