Chords
The Chivalrous Shark

Key: G

Introduction:

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                   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
                     G                             D7 
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
         G                                         D7 
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.