Standard Tuning Introduction: Em Am Em Am Em Am B Verse #1: Em Am A You're a mean one, Mister Grinch Em A B You really are a heel Em Am You're as cuddly as cactus A G You're as charming as an eel
C B Mister Gr - i - nch (silence) You're a bad banana with a Em Am Greasy black peel Em Am Em Am B Verse #2 (same chords for all verses): You're a monster, Mister Grinch Your heart's an empty hole Your brain is full of spiders You've got garlic in your soul Mister Gr - i - nch (silence) I wouldn't touch you with a Em Am Thirty-nine and a half foot pole Em Am Verse #3: You're a foul one, Mister Grinch You're a nasty-wasty skunk Your heart is full of unwashed socks Your soul is full of gunk Mister Gr - i - nch (silence) The three words that best describe you are as follows Am B Em And I quote: Stink, stank, stunk Verse #4: You're a vile one, Mister Grinch You have termites in your smile You have all the tender sweetness of A seasick crocodile Mister Gr - i - nch (silence) Given the choice between the two of you Em Am I'd take the seasick crocodile Em Am Em Am B Verse #5: You're a rotter, Mister Grinch You're the king of sinful sots Your heart's a dead tomato splotched With moldy purple spots Mister Gr - i - nch (silence) Your soul is an appalling dump-heap, overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable B Em Am Mangled-up and tangled-up knots Em Am Em Am B Verse #6: You nauseate me, Mister Grinch, With a nauseous super "naus" You're a crooked jerky jockey and you drive a crooked horse Mister Gr - i - nch (silence) You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich Em Am With arsenic sauce Em Am Em Am Em B Em