A Crash Of Rhinoceros chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
     C                D
When Adam when out to name the animals
   G7                   C
He sat on a rock and he figured
                  D
Horse and cow and goat and a sheep
         G7                         C
Were the best names that he could deliver
     A                   D
But Eve looked around at all of that glory
       G7                        C
Said, "Hon, I think we should consider
                      D
Something a bit more unique and refined
    G7             C
For each and every critter"

Chorus:
N.C.   C                      A
It's a crash of rhinoceros, a pomp of Pekinese
       Dm7                   G
It's a gaggle of geese and a swarm of bees
  Dm7                   A
A parliament of owl and gam of whales
       C
A pandemonium of parrot and a watch of nightingale
  F                 C
A huddle of walrus, company of mole
    D7                   G7
Exultation of lark and a murder of crow
  C                           D7
A simple flock of sheep and a herd of deer
       G7                  C      G  C
It's a bask of crocodiles, sleuth of bear

Verse 2:
                           D
Adam looked shocked and he scratched his head
G7                        C
Eve stood there happy and beaming
                        D
The animals gathered in close to their feet
     G7                          C
With roars of delight, barks and singing
     A              D
She's on a roll and just getting started
    G7                          C
The birds and beasts held their breath
                      D
What fine appellation would they receive
    G7                         C
And which one of them would be next?

Chorus:
N.C.   C                  A
It's a team of oxen and a rob of kangaroo
       Dm7                         G
It's a charm of finch if there are more than two
  Dm7                    A
A troubling of goldfish, cluster of cats
  C
A bloat of hippopotami, a cloud of bats
     F                    C
Ostentation of peacock, a barren of mule
   D7                G7
An army of ant, nursery of raccoon
  C                       D7
A parcel of penguin and a dray of squirrel
  G7                     C   G       C
A bed of oysters with or without the pearls

Verse 3:
                          D
All of that naming lasted into the night
G7                   C
Even the insects had groupings
                              D
Eve was still bright eyed and willing to finish
       G7                          C
Though shoulders and fig leaf were drooping
 A                       D
Adam said, “Darling, I'm proud and amazed
       G7                   C
You're really one heck of a woman
                           D
So, lets go to sleep and tomorrow we'll rise
    G7                             C
And start naming rocks, plants and woodlands”


Chorus:
N.C.   C                    A
It's a tittering of magpie, company of mole
      Dm7                  G
Its a pride of lions and a tribe of goats
  Dm7                    A
A plague of locust and a pack of dogs
  C
A leap of leopard an array of hedgehog
       F                    C
It's a caravan of camels, a drift of swan
  D7                    G7
A sulk of foxes and the list goes on
       C                       D7
It's a prickle of porcupine, a battery of hens
  G7                       C    G C
A cohort of zebra and now, once again

Chorus:
                              A
It's a colony of rabbit and a sounder of boar
   Dm7                   G
An ambush of tigers, now just a little more
       Dm7                    A
It's a business of ferrets, a swarm of eels
  C
A covey of quail and a pod of seals
         F                   C
It's a parade of elephant, a dole of dove
  D7                  G7
A bale of turtles and all of them are loved
N.C.    C                                     D7
And she kissed the horde of hamsters on their furry little heads
G7                               C    G  C
Sighed with satisfaction and she went to bed