Spider In The Bath chords by Flanders And Swann

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
G   Cm
I have fought a grizzly bear
Cm
Tracked a cobra to its lair
                     Fm
killed a crocodile who dared to cross my path
Fm
But the thing I really dread
Fm    G
When I've just got out of bed
   Cm         G       Cm
Is to find that there's a spider in the bath

Verse 2:

G    Cm
I've no fear of wasps or bees
Cm
Mosquitoes only tease
Cm               Fm
I rather like a cricket on the hearth
Fm
But my blood runs cold to meet
Fm  G
In pyjamas and bare feet
    Cm       G       Cm
With a great big hairy spider in the bath

Chorus 1:

    B        B7      Em
I have faced a charging Bull in Barcelona
    B         B7        Em
I have dragged a mountain lioness from her cubs
   D       D7       Gm
I've restored a mad gorilla to its owner
Gm  Cm  Ab  G  Ab  Gm
But I don't dare face that tub ...

Verse 3:

    Cm
What a frightful looking beast -
Cm
Half an inch across at least -
     Cm            Fm
It would frighten even Superman or Garth!
Fm
There's contempt it can't disguise

Fm  G
In the little beady eyes
    Cm       G        Cm
Of the spider sitting glowering in the bath

Verse 4:

G  Cm
It ignores my every lunge
Cm
With the backbrush and the sponge;
Cm                    Fm
I have bombed it with 'A present from Penarth'
Fm
It just rolls into a ball
Fm   G
Doesn't seem to mind at all
  Cm       G        Cm
And simply goes on squatting in the bath

Chorus 2:
  B         B7        Em
For hours we have been locked in endless struggle
    B       B7        Em
I have lured it to the deep end by the drain
  D         D7         Gm
At last I think I've washed it down the plughole
  Gm      Cm     Ab   Gm
But Here it comes a-crawling up the chain!

Final Verse:

G   Cm
Now it's time for me to shave
Cm
Though my nerves will not behave
Cm                Fm
And there's bound to be a fearful aftermath
Fm
So before I cut my throat
Fm   G
I shall leave this final note;
    Cm       G       Cm
Driven to it - by the spider in the bath!