Spider In The Bath chords by Flanders And Swann

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G   C minorCm
I have fought a grizzly bear
C minorCm
Tracked a cobra to its lair
                     F minorFm
killed a crocodile who dared to cross my path
F minorFm
But the thing I really dread
F minorFm    G+G
When I've just got out of bed
   C minorCm         G+G       C minorCm
Is to find that there's a spider in the bath

Verse 2:

G+G    C minorCm
I've no fear of wasps or bees
C minorCm
Mosquitoes only tease
C minorCm               F minorFm
I rather like a cricket on the hearth
F minorFm
But my blood runs cold to meet
F minorFm  G+G
In pyjamas and bare feet
    C minorCm       G+G       C minorCm
With a great big hairy spider in the bath

Chorus 1:

    BB        B7B7      E minorEm
I have faced a charging Bull in Barcelona
    BB         B7B7        E minorEm
I have dragged a mountain lioness from her cubs
   D MajorD       D7D7       G minorGm
I've restored a mad gorilla to its owner
G minorGm  C minorCm  AbAb  G+G  AbAb  G minorGm
But I don't dare face that tub ...

Verse 3:

    C minorCm
What a frightful looking beast -
C minorCm
Half an inch across at least -
     C minorCm            F minorFm
It would frighten even Superman or Garth!
F minorFm
There's contempt it can't disguise

F minorFm  G+G
In the little beady eyes
    C minorCm       G+G        C minorCm
Of the spider sitting glowering in the bath

Verse 4:

G+G  C minorCm
It ignores my every lunge
C minorCm
With the backbrush and the sponge;
C minorCm                    F minorFm
I have bombed it with 'A present from Penarth'
F minorFm
It just rolls into a ball
F minorFm   G+G
Doesn't seem to mind at all
  C minorCm       G+G        C minorCm
And simply goes on squatting in the bath

Chorus 2:
  BB         B7B7        E minorEm
For hours we have been locked in endless struggle
    BB       B7B7        E minorEm
I have lured it to the deep end by the drain
  D MajorD         D7D7         G minorGm
At last I think I've washed it down the plughole
  G minorGm      C minorCm     AbAb   G minorGm
But Here it comes a-crawling up the chain!

Final Verse:

G+G   C minorCm
Now it's time for me to shave
C minorCm
Though my nerves will not behave
C minorCm                F minorFm
And there's bound to be a fearful aftermath
F minorFm
So before I cut my throat
F minorFm   G+G
I shall leave this final note;
    C minorCm       G+G       C minorCm
Driven to it - by the spider in the bath!