Chords for Grendel

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_ _ Dumb as dirt and [Eb] twice as mean, [Db] such a son [F] makes mother crazy.
[Bbm] Foul as sewers [Ebm] I have seen, [Db] ugly, loudish, [F] large and [Bbm] lazy.
That's the child [Gbm] I've had to raise, [Db] what's a mom [F] to do?
_ [Bbm] Drag him into [Bb] an ocean cave and [Fm] stay to watch [Bbm] him too.
[Db] Son of mine, you've been a disappointment [Db] since your birth.
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[Db] Now I've got [Bbm] to bury you [Eb] in this cold [F] northern earth.
[Bbm] I know you would [Db] be sorry [Eb] if you weren't so very [F] dead,
but [Bbm] you never [Ab] listened to a word [Bbm] I said. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Everybody [Eb] has to rest, [Db] even I get [F] sleepy.
[Bbm] Sonny left [Ebm] our little nest [Db] on errands, [F] cruel and creepy.
[Bbm] Came back [Gb] with a haunch of man, [Db] gnawed down [F] to the bone.
[Bbm] Left each night from [Bb] that day [Db] on as I slept like [Bbm] a stone.
[Db] Son of [Bbm] mine, you've been a disappointment [Db] since your [Bbm] birth.
_ _ Now I've got [Bbm] to bury [Bb] you in this cold [F] northern earth.
[Bbm] I know you would be [Db] sorry [Bb] if you weren't so very [F] dead,
[Bbm] but you never [Ab] listened to a [Bbm] word I _ said.
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ Vikings gathered [Eb] in their [Db] hall, heroes [F] all in war delighting.
[Bbm] When my [Ebm] Grendel came to call, [Ab] he was [F] met with mighty [Bbm] fighting.
One among [Gb] them took his [Db] arm, ripped it off [F] for good.
Chased him to [Eb] our ocean home [Db] and killed him where [Bb] he stood.
[Db] Son of [Bbm] mine, you've been a disappointment since your [Db] birth.
_ _ Now I've got [Bbm] to bury [Bb] you in this cold [F] northern earth.
[Bbm] I know you [Db] would be sorry [Bb] if you weren't so very [F] dead,
[Db] but you never [Ab] listened to a [F] word I [Bbm] said.
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When I [Bb] found my wine was spiked, [Db] it was far too [F] late to aid [Bbm] him.
Though there [Ebm] wasn't much I [Db] liked, I was [F] often glad I'd made him.
[Bbm] So I must [Gb] avenge him [Db] now, what's a mom [F] to do?
[Bbm] If he [Eb] was yours anyhow, [Db] I bet that you [Bbm] would too.
[Db] Son of [Bbm] mine, you've been a disappointment [Db] since your birth.
_ _ Now I've got [Bbm] to bury [Bb] you in this cold [F] northern earth.
[Bbm] I know you [Db] would be sorry [Eb] if you weren't so very [F] dead,
but you [Db] never listened to a word [Bbm] I said.
_ No, [Bbm] you never listened [Fm] to a word [Bbm] I said. _ _ _
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