You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Thurl Ravenscroft)

Intro:
Am    Dm      Am    Dm      Am    Dm    E
(Discordant riffs)

Verse 1:
           Am       Dm          G       C
You're a mean one,     Mister Grinch
    Am     D     E
You really are a heel
          Am        Dm
You're as cuddly as cactus
            G              C
You're as charming as an eel
       F        E
Mister Gr - i - nch
(nc)
You're a bad banana with a
             Am    Dm
greasy black peel

Interlude:
Am    Dm      Am    Dm       E
(Discordant riffs)

Verse 2:
         Am      Dm          G       C
You're a monster,     Mister Grinch
     Am         D     E
Your heart's an empty hole
     Am               Dm
Your brain is full of spiders
           G             C
You've got garlic in your soul
       F        E
Mister Gr - i - nch


(nc)
I wouldn’t touch you with a...
                             Am       Dm
Thirty-nine and a half foot pole

Interlude:
Am    Dm      Am    Dm       E
(Discordant riffs)

Verse 3:
         Am       Dm           G       C
You're a vile one,      Mister Grinch
         Am       D        E
You have termites in your smile
         Am             Dm
You have all the tender sweetness of
  G       C
a seasick crocodile
       F        E
Mister Gr - i - nch
(nc)
Given the choice between the two of you
                     Am      Dm
I'd take the seasick crocodile

Interlude:
Am    Dm      Am    Dm       E
(Discordant riffs)

Verse 4:
         Am     Dm          G       C
You're a rotter,     Mister Grinch
           Am      D      E
You're the king of sinful sots
     Am             Dm
Your heart's a dead tomato splotched
     G            C
With moldy purple spots
         F        E
Mister Gr - i - nch
(nc)
You're a three-decker

sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich
             Am      Dm
With arsenic sauce

Interlude:
Am    Dm      Am    Dm       E
(Discordant riffs)

Verse 5:
     Am         Dm           G       C
You nauseate me,      Mister Grinch,
       Am       D      E
With a nauseous super "naus"
         Am           Dm
You're a crooked jerky jockey
        G               C
and you drive a crooked horse
       F        E
Mister Gr - i – nch
(nc)
Your soul is an appalling dump-heap,
(nc)
overflowing with the most disgraceful
(nc)
assortment of rubbish imaginable
               E          Am       Dm
Mangled-up and tangled-up knots

Interlude:
Am    Dm      Am    Dm       E
(Discordant riffs)

Verse 6:
         Am       Dm          G       C
You're a foul one,     Mister Grinch
         Am    D     E
You're a nasty-wasty skunk
     Am               Dm
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
     G               C
Your soul is full of gunk
       F        E
Mister Gr - i - nch
(nc)
The three words that best describe you
(nc)
are as follows, And I quote:
     Dm         E          Am
Stink!..., stank!..., stunk!
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