The Chivalrous Shark chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Verse: 1

     G+G           D7D7
The most chivalrous fish of the ocean
             G+G
To ladies forebearing and mild
      C majorC
Though his record be dark
    G+G
Is the man-eating shark
     D7D7           G+G
Who will eat neither woman nor child.


Verse: 2

     G+G        D7D7
He dines upon seamen and skippers,
            G+G
And tourists his hunger assuage,
      C majorC
And a fresh cabin boy
    G+G
Will inspire him with joy
    D7D7        G+G
If he's past the maturity age.

Verse: 3

   G+G          D7D7
A augmentedA doctor, a lawyer, a preacher,
           G+G
He'll gobble one any fine day
          C majorC
But the ladies, God bless 'em,
    G+G
He'll only address 'em
 D7D7          G+G
Politely and go on his way.


Verse: 4

   G+G           D7D7
I can readily cite you an instance
             G+G
Where a lovely young lady of Breem,
          C majorC
Who was tender and sweet
   G+G
And delicious to eat,
   D7D7          G+G
Fell into the bay with a scream.

Verse: 5

   G+G              D7D7
She struggled and flounced in the water
             G+G
And signaled in vain for her bark,
           C majorC
And she'd surely been drowned
    G+G
If she hadn't been found
   D7D7           G+G
By a chivalrous man-eating shark.


Verse: 6

  G+G           D7D7
He bowed in a manner most polished,
          G+G
Thus soothing her impulses wild;
             C majorC
Don't be frightened," he said,
      G+G
"I've been properly bred
     D7D7           G+G
And will eat neither woman nor child."


Verse: 7

    G+G             D7D7
Then he proffered his fin and she took it?
             G+G
Such a gallantry none can dispute?
           C majorC
While the passengers cheered as the
    G+G
Vessel they neared
   D7D7           G+G
And a broadside was fired in salute.


Verse: 8

     G+G          D7D7
And they stood alongside the vessel,
             G+G
When a life-saving dinghy was lowered
           C majorC
With the pick of the crew,
    G+G
And her relatives, too
    D7D7          G+G
And the mate and the skipper aboard.


Verse: 9

    G+G          D7D7
So they took her aboard in a jiffy,
                   G+G
And the shark stood at attention the while,
           C majorC
Then he raised on his flipper
  G+G
And ate up the skipper
  D7D7           G+G
And went on his way with a smile.


Verse: 10

     G+G              D7D7
And this shows that the prince of the ocean,
             G+G
To ladies forebearing and mild,
      C majorC
Though his record be dark,
     G+G
He's the man-eating shark
     D7D7           G+G
Who will eat neither woman nor child.