Chords for Stanley Holloway - The Lion And Albert
Tempo:
112.05 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Gm
G
Cm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool that's noted for [Bb] fresh air and fun.
[Cm] A Mr.
and [Gm] Mrs.
Ramsbottom [A] went there with young Albert, [Fm] their son.
[Cm] A grand little [Ab] lad was young Albert, all [C] dressed in his best, [Ab] quite as well,
with a stick with an Aussie's head handle, the [Gm] furnish that Woolworths could sell.
[G] They didn't think [A] much to the ocean, [G] the waves they was fiddling and small,
there was no wrecks and nobody drowned.
In fact, nothing to laugh at at all.
So seeking for [C] further amusement, they [Ab] paid and went into the zoo,
[A] where they'd lions [Bb] and tigers and camels [G] and old ale and sandwiches too.
[Eb] There were one great big [Abm] lion called Wallace, his nose was all covered [Ab] with scars.
He lay in [Gm] a somnolent posture [Ab] with the side of his face on [Bb] the bars.
Now [Ab] Albert had heard about lions, how [Eb] they was ferocious and wild.
To see Wallace lying so peaceful, well [G] it didn't seem right [Gm] to the child.
[D] So straightway the [Gb] brave little fella, [D] not showing a more [G] cell of fear,
took his stick with his Aussie's head handle and [Gbm] shoved it in Wallace's ear.
[F] You could see that the lion didn't like it, for giving a kind of a roll,
he pulled Albert inside the cage with him and swallowed [G] the little lad whole.
Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence and didn't know what to do next,
said, Mother, you're on lion's head Albert.
[C] And Mother said, eee, I am vexed.
Then Mr and Mrs [Abm] Ramsbottom, quite rightly when all [Gm] said and done,
[E] complained to the animal keeper that the lion had eaten [D] their son.
The keeper was quite [Ab] nice about it.
[Bbm] He said, what a [Eb] nasty mess-up.
[Ab] Are you sure that it's you [G] a boy he's eaten?
Pa said, [Cm] am I sure?
There's his cap.
The manager had to be sent for.
He came and he said, [Ab] what's to do?
Pa said, you're on lion's head Albert, and him and his son declosed too.
Then Mother said, right's right young fella.
[Abm] I think it's a shame [Eb] and a sin for a lion [Ab] to go and eat Albert.
[Gm] And after [Cm] we'd paid to come in, [Db] the manager wanted no trouble.
[Ab] He took out his purse right away, saying how much to settle the matter.
Pa says, what do you usually pay?
But Mother had [G] turned a bit awkward when she [B] thought where our [Fm] Albert had gone.
She said, no, someone's got to be summonsed.
So that was decided [Gm] upon.
Then off they went [Fm] to the police station [C] in front of the [Abm] magistrate chap.
They told him what happened to Albert and proved it by [Gm] showing his cap.
The magistrate [D] gave his opinion [Ab] that no one was really to blame.
[Cm] And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms [Dm] would have further [Gm] sons to their name.
At that, Mother got proper blazing.
And thank you, sir, [Ab] kindly, said she.
What, [G] waste all our lives raising children to feed ruddy lions, not me.
[Eb]
[Cm] A Mr.
and [Gm] Mrs.
Ramsbottom [A] went there with young Albert, [Fm] their son.
[Cm] A grand little [Ab] lad was young Albert, all [C] dressed in his best, [Ab] quite as well,
with a stick with an Aussie's head handle, the [Gm] furnish that Woolworths could sell.
[G] They didn't think [A] much to the ocean, [G] the waves they was fiddling and small,
there was no wrecks and nobody drowned.
In fact, nothing to laugh at at all.
So seeking for [C] further amusement, they [Ab] paid and went into the zoo,
[A] where they'd lions [Bb] and tigers and camels [G] and old ale and sandwiches too.
[Eb] There were one great big [Abm] lion called Wallace, his nose was all covered [Ab] with scars.
He lay in [Gm] a somnolent posture [Ab] with the side of his face on [Bb] the bars.
Now [Ab] Albert had heard about lions, how [Eb] they was ferocious and wild.
To see Wallace lying so peaceful, well [G] it didn't seem right [Gm] to the child.
[D] So straightway the [Gb] brave little fella, [D] not showing a more [G] cell of fear,
took his stick with his Aussie's head handle and [Gbm] shoved it in Wallace's ear.
[F] You could see that the lion didn't like it, for giving a kind of a roll,
he pulled Albert inside the cage with him and swallowed [G] the little lad whole.
Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence and didn't know what to do next,
said, Mother, you're on lion's head Albert.
[C] And Mother said, eee, I am vexed.
Then Mr and Mrs [Abm] Ramsbottom, quite rightly when all [Gm] said and done,
[E] complained to the animal keeper that the lion had eaten [D] their son.
The keeper was quite [Ab] nice about it.
[Bbm] He said, what a [Eb] nasty mess-up.
[Ab] Are you sure that it's you [G] a boy he's eaten?
Pa said, [Cm] am I sure?
There's his cap.
The manager had to be sent for.
He came and he said, [Ab] what's to do?
Pa said, you're on lion's head Albert, and him and his son declosed too.
Then Mother said, right's right young fella.
[Abm] I think it's a shame [Eb] and a sin for a lion [Ab] to go and eat Albert.
[Gm] And after [Cm] we'd paid to come in, [Db] the manager wanted no trouble.
[Ab] He took out his purse right away, saying how much to settle the matter.
Pa says, what do you usually pay?
But Mother had [G] turned a bit awkward when she [B] thought where our [Fm] Albert had gone.
She said, no, someone's got to be summonsed.
So that was decided [Gm] upon.
Then off they went [Fm] to the police station [C] in front of the [Abm] magistrate chap.
They told him what happened to Albert and proved it by [Gm] showing his cap.
The magistrate [D] gave his opinion [Ab] that no one was really to blame.
[Cm] And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms [Dm] would have further [Gm] sons to their name.
At that, Mother got proper blazing.
And thank you, sir, [Ab] kindly, said she.
What, [G] waste all our lives raising children to feed ruddy lions, not me.
[Eb]
Key:
Ab
Gm
G
Cm
Eb
Ab
Gm
G
_ _ _ [Gm] There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool that's noted for [Bb] fresh air and fun.
[Cm] A Mr.
and [Gm] Mrs.
Ramsbottom [A] went there with young Albert, [Fm] their son.
[Cm] A grand little [Ab] lad was young Albert, all [C] dressed in his best, [Ab] quite as well,
with a stick with an Aussie's head handle, the [Gm] furnish that Woolworths could sell.
[G] They didn't think [A] much to the ocean, [G] the waves they was fiddling and small,
there was no wrecks and nobody drowned.
In fact, nothing to laugh at at all.
So seeking for [C] further amusement, they [Ab] paid and went into the zoo,
[A] where they'd lions [Bb] and tigers and camels [G] and old ale and sandwiches too.
[Eb] There were one great big [Abm] lion called Wallace, his nose was all covered [Ab] with scars.
He lay in [Gm] a somnolent posture [Ab] with the side of his face on [Bb] the bars.
Now [Ab] Albert had heard about lions, how [Eb] they was ferocious and wild.
To see Wallace lying so peaceful, well [G] it didn't seem right [Gm] to the child.
[D] So straightway the [Gb] brave little fella, [D] not showing a more [G] cell of fear,
took his stick with his Aussie's head handle and [Gbm] shoved it in Wallace's ear.
[F] You could see that the lion didn't like it, for giving a kind of a roll,
he pulled Albert inside the cage with him and swallowed [G] the little lad whole.
Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence and didn't know what to do next,
said, Mother, _ you're on lion's head Albert.
[C] And Mother said, eee, I am vexed.
Then Mr and Mrs [Abm] Ramsbottom, quite rightly when all [Gm] said and done,
[E] complained to the animal keeper that the lion had eaten [D] their son.
The keeper was quite [Ab] nice about it.
[Bbm] He said, what a [Eb] nasty mess-up.
[Ab] Are you sure that it's you [G] a boy he's eaten?
Pa said, [Cm] am I sure?
There's his cap.
The manager had to be sent for.
He came and he said, [Ab] what's to do?
_ Pa said, you're on lion's head Albert, and him and his son declosed too.
Then Mother said, right's right young fella.
[Abm] I think it's a shame [Eb] and a sin for a lion [Ab] to go and eat Albert.
[Gm] And after [Cm] we'd paid to come in, [Db] the manager wanted no trouble.
[Ab] He took out his purse right away, saying how much to settle the matter.
Pa says, what do you usually pay?
But Mother had [G] turned a bit awkward when she [B] thought where our [Fm] Albert had gone.
She said, no, someone's got to be summonsed.
So that was decided [Gm] upon.
Then off they went [Fm] to the police station [C] in front of the [Abm] magistrate chap.
They told him what happened to Albert and proved it by [Gm] showing his cap.
The magistrate [D] gave his opinion [Ab] that no one was really to blame.
[Cm] And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms [Dm] would have further [Gm] sons to their name.
At that, Mother got proper blazing.
And thank you, sir, [Ab] kindly, said she.
What, [G] waste all our lives raising children to feed ruddy lions, not me.
[Eb] _ _
[Cm] A Mr.
and [Gm] Mrs.
Ramsbottom [A] went there with young Albert, [Fm] their son.
[Cm] A grand little [Ab] lad was young Albert, all [C] dressed in his best, [Ab] quite as well,
with a stick with an Aussie's head handle, the [Gm] furnish that Woolworths could sell.
[G] They didn't think [A] much to the ocean, [G] the waves they was fiddling and small,
there was no wrecks and nobody drowned.
In fact, nothing to laugh at at all.
So seeking for [C] further amusement, they [Ab] paid and went into the zoo,
[A] where they'd lions [Bb] and tigers and camels [G] and old ale and sandwiches too.
[Eb] There were one great big [Abm] lion called Wallace, his nose was all covered [Ab] with scars.
He lay in [Gm] a somnolent posture [Ab] with the side of his face on [Bb] the bars.
Now [Ab] Albert had heard about lions, how [Eb] they was ferocious and wild.
To see Wallace lying so peaceful, well [G] it didn't seem right [Gm] to the child.
[D] So straightway the [Gb] brave little fella, [D] not showing a more [G] cell of fear,
took his stick with his Aussie's head handle and [Gbm] shoved it in Wallace's ear.
[F] You could see that the lion didn't like it, for giving a kind of a roll,
he pulled Albert inside the cage with him and swallowed [G] the little lad whole.
Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence and didn't know what to do next,
said, Mother, _ you're on lion's head Albert.
[C] And Mother said, eee, I am vexed.
Then Mr and Mrs [Abm] Ramsbottom, quite rightly when all [Gm] said and done,
[E] complained to the animal keeper that the lion had eaten [D] their son.
The keeper was quite [Ab] nice about it.
[Bbm] He said, what a [Eb] nasty mess-up.
[Ab] Are you sure that it's you [G] a boy he's eaten?
Pa said, [Cm] am I sure?
There's his cap.
The manager had to be sent for.
He came and he said, [Ab] what's to do?
_ Pa said, you're on lion's head Albert, and him and his son declosed too.
Then Mother said, right's right young fella.
[Abm] I think it's a shame [Eb] and a sin for a lion [Ab] to go and eat Albert.
[Gm] And after [Cm] we'd paid to come in, [Db] the manager wanted no trouble.
[Ab] He took out his purse right away, saying how much to settle the matter.
Pa says, what do you usually pay?
But Mother had [G] turned a bit awkward when she [B] thought where our [Fm] Albert had gone.
She said, no, someone's got to be summonsed.
So that was decided [Gm] upon.
Then off they went [Fm] to the police station [C] in front of the [Abm] magistrate chap.
They told him what happened to Albert and proved it by [Gm] showing his cap.
The magistrate [D] gave his opinion [Ab] that no one was really to blame.
[Cm] And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms [Dm] would have further [Gm] sons to their name.
At that, Mother got proper blazing.
And thank you, sir, [Ab] kindly, said she.
What, [G] waste all our lives raising children to feed ruddy lions, not me.
[Eb] _ _