Spider In The Bath chords by Flanders And Swann

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Verse 2:

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

Chorus 1:

       B               B7           Em
I have faced a charging Bull in Barcelona
       B                  B7               Em
I have dragged a mountain lioness from her cubs
      D             D7             Gm
I've restored a mad gorilla to its owner
Gm    Cm    Ab   G    Ab   Gm
But I don't dare face that tub ...

Verse 3:

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

Fm    G
In the little beady eyes
       Cm             G                Cm
Of the spider sitting glowering in the bath

Verse 4:

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

Chorus 2:
    B                  B7                Em
For hours we have been locked in endless struggle
       B              B7               Em
I have lured it to the deep end by the drain
   D                 D7                 Gm
At last I think I've washed it down the plughole
    Gm            Cm         Ab      Gm
But Here it comes a-crawling up the chain!

Final Verse:

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