Chords with lyrics
Written By: Alan Menken
Performed By: Samuel E. Wright
Tabbed By: gabe0x02
NOTE: Playing the Am Chord with a high C note sounds better.
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NOTE: The lyrics on the verses do not start on the first down beat of the chords.
I've tried to indicate that with by indenting the lyrics there a bit when there
is not a chord continuing from the previous line.
Verse:
C G C
The seaweed is always greener
G C
In somebody else's lake
G C
You dream about going up there
G C
But that is a big mistake
F C
Just look at the world around you
G C
Right here on the ocean floor
F C
Such wonderful things surround you
G C
What more is you lookin' for?
Chorus:
F
Under the sea
G
Under the sea
F
Darlin' it's better
G C C7
Down where it's wetter Take it from me.
F G
Up on the shore they work all day
Am D7
Out in the sun they slave away
F
While we devoting
G
Full time to floating
C
Under the sea
Verse:
C G C
Down here all the fish is happy
G C
As off through the waves they roll
G C
The fish on the land ain't happy
G C
They sad 'cause they in the bowl
F C
But fish in the bowl is lucky
G C
They in for a worser fate
F C
One day when the boss get hungry
G C
Guess who's gon'be on the plate
Chorus:
F
Under the sea
G
Under the sea
F
Nobody beat us, fry us and
G C C7
Eat us in fricassee
F G
We what the land folks loves to cook
Am D7
Under the sea we off the hook
F
We got no troubles,
G
Life is the bubbles
C
Under the sea
Chorus:
F
Under the sea
G
Under the sea,
F
Since life is sweet here
G C C7
We got the beat here naturally
F G
Even the sturgeon and the ray
Am D7
They get the urge 'n' start to play
F
We got the spirit
G
You got to hear it
C
Under the sea
Bridge/Break Down
G
The newt play the flute
C
The carp play the harp
G
The plaice play the bass
C
And they soundin' sharp
F
The bass play the brass
C
The chub play the tub
G C
The fluke is the duke of soul
G
The ray he can play
C
The lings on the strings
G
The trout rockin' out
C
The blackfish, she sings
F
The smelt and the sprat
C
They know where it's at
G C
And oh, that blowfish blow
Chorus:
F
Under the sea
G
Under the sea
F
When the sardine
G
Begin the beguine
C C7
It's music to me
F G
What do they got, a lot of sand
Am D7
We got a hot crustacean band
F
Each little clam here
G
Know how to jam here
C
Under the sea
F
Each little slug here
G
Cutting a rug here
C
Under the sea
F
Each little snail here
G
Know how to wail here
Am D7
That's why it's hotter Under the water
F
Ya, we in luck here
G
Down in the muck here
C