Chip Cifras

[Verse 1]
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Chip worked as a boatwright as his father and his gran
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A' working in a boatyard building on the River Thames
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One day Chip was hard at work, the Devil appeared from hell
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He held a roll of copper and a bucket full of nails
 
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The Devil said unto Chip, "Take these nails and copper roll
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But you also have to take this rat and I will take your soul"
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Chip despised the rat, and the rat squealed and hissed
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But the bucket of nails and copper were too much to resist
 
 
[Instrumental]
Am ... F G Am (repeat first four bars of verse) 2x
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Chip went straight to work, he'd get rid of the rat
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And there would no' be a problem with his death after the fact
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But the devil rat wouldn't die, no matter how hard he tried
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The rat attacked the boatwright and 'e bit him in the eye
 
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It seemed as if the river rats fell under Satan's spell
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They followed Chip around and made his life a living hell
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He slowly lost his mind, he lost his family
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He lost his job and had to join the King's Navy
 
 
[Instrumental]
Am G Am G
 
 
[Chorus]
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A lemon grows a pip
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A yard will build a ship
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As Satan is my master
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I will get you, Chip
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A lemon grows a pip
                    G
A yard will build a ship
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As Satan is my master
 
I'm gonna get you
 
 
[Instrumental]
Am G F Am 3x
F G
Am ... F G Am 2x
 
 
[Verse 3]
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The rats chased Chip up the gangplank of the ship
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And they bit him and they tortured him until he finally flipped
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He sniveled to the captain to turn around the rig
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The captain spied his madness and they chucked him in the brig
 
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Now, the devil rat had his man, he knew just what to do
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He'd command the rats and through the planks they'd chew
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The water rushed in, and the ship went down
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She was smashed upon the rocks on which the rats danced around
 
 
[Chorus]
  Am
A lemon grows a pip
  F                 G
A yard will build a ship
   Am
As Satan is my master
                G
I will get you, Chip
  Am
A lemon grows a pip
  F                 G
A yard will build a ship
   Am
As Satan is my master
                G
I will get you, Chip
  Am
A lemon grows a pip
  F                 G
A yard will build a ship
   Am
As Satan is my master
                G
I will get you, Chip
  Am
A lemon grows a pip
  F                 G
A yard will build a ship
   Am
As Satan is my master
           Am
I GOT YOU CHIP!
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