The Biggest Aspidistra In The World chords by Gracie Fields

Chords with lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XROMw3Z4e0

[Intro]
E7E7 Fdim7Fdim7 Bm/F# G+G E7E7 A augmentedA  Adim7Adim7 E7E7 A augmentedA

[Verse 1]
  A augmentedA        C#7C#7       D/F#D/F#
For years we had an aspidistra in a flower pot
    Bm7Bm7        A augmentedA         B7B7  E MajorE
On the whatnot, near the 'atstand in the 'all
A augmentedA         E7E7      C#m7C#m7       F# minorF#m
It didn't seem to grow 'til one day our brother Joe
   E MajorE            B7B7      E7E7 B7B7 E MajorE
Had a notion that he'd make it strong and tall
    A7A7                G+G  D MajorD
So he's crossed it with an acorn from an oak tree
     B7B7                E7E7
And he's planted it against the garden wall

[Bridge]
A augmentedA     AdimAdim  A augmentedA         A augmentedA   AdimAdim     A augmentedA
It shot up like a rocket, 'til it's nearly touched the sky
    A augmentedA          B7B7   E7E7
It's the biggest aspidistra in the world
B minorBm     BdimBdim  B minorBm      B minorBm   BdimBdim   B minorBm
We couldn't see the top of it, it got so bloomin' high
     E7E7   Fdim7Fdim7 Bm/F#  G+G E7E7   A augmentedA
It's the biggest aspi - distra in the world
   C# minorC#m      G#7G#7       C# minorC#m
When father's had a skin full at his pub, 'The Bunch of Grapes'
  C# minorC#m      G#7G#7       B7B7      E MajorE
He doesn't go all fighting mad and getting into scrapes
      A augmentedA    AaugAaug  F#7F#7        B minorBm      E7E7
No, you'll find him in his bear-skin playing Tarzan of the apes
    E7E7   Fdim7Fdim7 Bm/F# G+G E7E7 A augmentedA
Up the biggest aspi - distra in the world

[Verse 2]
  A augmentedA       C#7C#7       D/F#D/F#     A augmentedA
We have to get it watered by the local fire brigade
    Bm7Bm7      A augmentedA           B7B7  E MajorE
So they put the water rates up half a crown
  A augmentedA         E7E7      C#m7C#m7       F# minorF#m
The roots stuff up the drains, grow along the country lanes
     E MajorE       B7B7        E MajorE  B7B7 E7E7
And they came up half a mile outside the town
    A7A7                G+G  D MajorD
Once we hired the Crystal Palace for an 'ot house
    B7B7               E7E7  B7B7 E MajorE
But a jealous rival went and burnt it down

[Bridge 2]
  A augmentedA    AdimAdim  A augmentedA        A augmentedA      AdimAdim   A augmentedA
The tom cats and the moggies love to spend their evenings out
    A augmentedA         B7B7   E7E7
Up the biggest aspidistra in the world
   B minorBm  BdimBdim B minorBm       B minorBm   BdimBdim  B minorBm
They all begin meowing when the buds begin to sprout
    E7E7   Fdim7Fdim7 Bm/F# G+G E7E7 A augmentedA
Up the biggest aspi - distra in the world
  C# minorC#m       G#7G#7        C# minorC#m  B7B7    E MajorE
The dogs line up for miles and miles a funny sight to see
   C# minorC#m       G#7G#7  F#7F#7     B7B7          E7E7
They sniff around for hours on end and wag their tails with glee
    A augmentedA      AaugAaug  F#7F#7  B minorBm      E7E7
So I've had to put a notice up to say it's not a tree
     E7E7   Fdim7Fdim7 Bm/F# G+G E7E7 A augmentedA
It's the biggest aspi - distra in the world

[Bridge 3]
   A augmentedA   AdimAdim   A augmentedA       A augmentedA     AdimAdim  A augmentedA
It's getting worn and weary and its leaves are turning grey
    A augmentedA         B7B7   E7E7
Its the oldest aspidistra in the world
   B minorBm  BdimBdim  B minorBm       B minorBm   BdimBdim B minorBm
So we water it with half a pint of Guiness every day
    E7E7    Fdim7Fdim7  Bm/F# G+G E7E7 A augmentedA
Its the stoutest aspid - istra in the world
  C# minorC#m       G#7G#7        C# minorC#m  B7B7   E MajorE
The borough council told us that we've got to chop it down
  C# minorC#m      G#7G#7        F#7F#7     B7B7
It interferes with aeroplanes that fly above the town
E MajorE   A augmentedA      AaugAaug F#7F#7    B minorBm      E7E7
So we sold it to a wood yard for a lousy half a crown
     E7E7   Fdim7Fdim7 Bm/F# G+G E7E7 A augmentedA    A augmentedA  Adim7Adim7 E7E7 A augmentedA
It's the biggest aspi - distra in the world

[Outro]
N.C.