{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2558415,"song":"The Chivalrous Shark","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11514690-the-chivalrous-shark-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2558415?type=chord","rating":0.02597,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe most chivalrous fish of the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo ladies forebearing and mild[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough his record be dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs the man-eating shark[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho will eat neither woman nor child.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe dines upon seamen and skippers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tourists his hunger assuage,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a fresh cabin boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill inspire him with joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf he's past the maturity age.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA doctor, a lawyer, a preacher,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'll gobble one any fine day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the ladies, God bless 'em,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'll only address 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPolitely and go on his way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI can readily cite you an instance[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere a lovely young lady of Breem,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho was tender and sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd delicious to eat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFell into the bay with a scream.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShe struggled and flounced in the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd signaled in vain for her bark,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd she'd surely been drowned[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf she hadn't been found[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy a chivalrous man-eating shark.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe bowed in a manner most polished,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThus soothing her impulses wild;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't be frightened,\" he said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I've been properly bred[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd will eat neither woman nor child.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThen he proffered his fin and she took it—[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSuch a gallantry none can dispute—[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile the passengers cheered as the[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nVessel they neared[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a broadside was fired in salute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd they stood alongside the vessel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen a life-saving dinghy was lowered[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the pick of the crew,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd her relatives, too[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the mate and the skipper aboard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSo they took her aboard in a jiffy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the shark stood at attention the while,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he raised on his flipper[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd ate up the skipper[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd went on his way with a smile.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd this shows that the prince of the ocean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo ladies forebearing and mild,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough his record be dark,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's the man-eating shark[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho will eat neither woman nor child.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]","chords":["G","D7","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}