The Chivalrous Shark chords

[VERSE 1]
The most [G]chivalrous fish of the [D7]ocean
To ladies forebearing and [G]mild
Though his [C]record be dark
Is the [G]man-eating shark
Who will [D7]eat neither woman nor c[G]hild.

[VERSE 2]
He dines u[G]pon seamen and s[D7]kippers,
And tourists his hunger [G]assuage,
And a fresh [C]cabin boy
Will in[G]spire him with joy
If he's [D7]past the maturity [G]age.

[VERSE 3]
A doc[G]tor, a lawyer, a pre[D7]acher,
He'll gobble one any f[G]ine day
But the ladies, God [C]bless 'em,
He'll on[G]ly address 'em
Po[D7]litely and go on his [G]way.

[VERSE 4]
I can [G]readily cite you an ins[D7]tance
Where a lovely young lady [G]of Breem,
Who was tender and [C]sweet
And de[G]licious to eat,
Fell [D7]into the bay with a s[G]cream.

[VERSE 5]
She s[G]truggled and flounced in the [D7]water
And signaled in vain for [G]her bark,
And she'd surely been [C]drowned
If she h[G]adn't been found
By a [D7]chivalrous man-eating s[G]hark.

[VERSE 6]
He b[G]owed in a manner most [D7]polished,
Thus soothing her im[G]pulses wild;
Don't be frightened," he [C]said,
"I've been [G]properly bred
And will [D7]eat neither woman nor c[G]hild."

[VERSE 7]
Then he [G]proffered his fin and she [D7]took it—
Such a gallantry none can [G]dispute—
While the passengers [C]cheered as the
Vessel [G]they neared
And a [D7]broadside was fired in [G]salute.

[VERSE 8]
And they [G]stood alongside the [D7]vessel,
When a life-saving dinghy [G]was lowered
With the pick of the [C]crew,
And her [G]relatives, too
And the [D7]mate and the skipper a[G]board.

[VERSE 9]
So they [G]took her aboard in a [D7]jiffy,
And the shark stood at attention the [G]while,
Then he raised on his [C]flipper
And [G]ate up the skipper
And [D7]went on his way with a [G]smile.

[VERSE 10]
And this [G]shows that the prince of the [D7]ocean,
To ladies forebearing and [G]mild,
Though his [C]record be dark,
He's the [G]man-eating shark
Who will [D7]eat neither woman nor c[G]hild.