The Chivalrous Shark chords by Traditional

Verse: 1

         G                      D7
The most chivalrous fish of the ocean
                          G
To ladies forebearing and mild
           C
Though his record be dark
       G
Is the man-eating shark
         D7                     G
Who will eat neither woman nor child.


Verse: 2

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He dines upon seamen and skippers,
                        G
And tourists his hunger assuage,
            C
And a fresh cabin boy
       G
Will inspire him with joy
        D7                G
If he's past the maturity age.


Verse: 3

     G                   D7
A doctor, a lawyer, a preacher,
                      G
He'll gobble one any fine day
                    C
But the ladies, God bless 'em,
        G
He'll only address 'em
  D7                   G
Politely and go on his way.


Verse: 4

      G                      D7
I can readily cite you an instance
                          G
Where a lovely young lady of Breem,
                   C
Who was tender and sweet
      G
And delicious to eat,
     D7                   G
Fell into the bay with a scream.


Verse: 5

     G                            D7
She struggled and flounced in the water
                         G
And signaled in vain for her bark,
                      C
And she'd surely been drowned
        G
If she hadn't been found
     D7                     G
By a chivalrous man-eating shark.


Verse: 6

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He bowed in a manner most polished,
                    G
Thus soothing her impulses wild;
                         C
Don't be frightened," he said,
           G
"I've been properly bred
         D7                     G
And will eat neither woman nor child."


Verse: 7

        G                         D7
Then he proffered his fin and she took it?
                          G
Such a gallantry none can dispute?
                     C
While the passengers cheered as the
       G
Vessel they neared
      D7                     G
And a broadside was fired in salute.


Verse: 8

         G                   D7
And they stood alongside the vessel,
                          G
When a life-saving dinghy was lowered
                     C
With the pick of the crew,
        G
And her relatives, too
        D7                    G
And the mate and the skipper aboard.


Verse: 9

        G                    D7
So they took her aboard in a jiffy,
                                     G
And the shark stood at attention the while,
                      C
Then he raised on his flipper
    G
And ate up the skipper
    D7                     G
And went on his way with a smile.


Verse: 10

         G                            D7
And this shows that the prince of the ocean,
                          G
To ladies forebearing and mild,
           C
Though his record be dark,
         G
He's the man-eating shark
         D7                     G
Who will eat neither woman nor child.