SHEL SILVERSTEIN

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From: bearce@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Phil Bearce)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:35:41 GMT
Subject: CHORDS: Boa Constrictor Song
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>From phil@hpmsfpb.sj.hp.com Mon Jul 27 14:05 PDT 1992

Here's one I play for my kids every so often, they love to burp on the ending.


                  The Boa Constrictor Song
                     by Shel Silverstein
         G
         I'm being swallered by a Boa Constrictor
         C
         a Boa Constrictor
         G
         a Boa Constrictor
         G
         I'm being swallered by a Boa Constrictor
         C                  D             G
         and I don't - Like snakes - one bit!
         G  D                   G
         Oh no, he swallered my toe.
         G  D                    G 
         Oh gee, he swallered my knee.
         G  D                        G 
         Oh fiddle, he swallered my middle.
         G         D                     G
         Oh what a pest, he swallered my chest.
         G  D                      G
         Oh heck, he swallered my neck.
         G   D                      (mute the strings)
         Oh, dread, he swallered my ---------- (BURP)