The Scuttle Strut chords by Buddy Hackett

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Em
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Dsus4
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Dm

Verse 1
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D 
Mermaid Ahoy!
G 
Hiya, Ariel!
Say, whatcha doin' up here
on the surface?
Scuttle, I wanna write a letter
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Em 
to a little girl.
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G 
She wants to know about mermaids.
Could you help me?
You betcha, sweetie.
Old Scuttle knows everything about
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Em 
F 
G 
writing letters.
Humans are my specialty,
with all their fancy stuff.
You wanna write a letter?
Hey, that's not so tough.
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B 
C 
First you need a tafelhooper.
F 
C 
That's what they use to write.
G 
A ballpoint tafelhooper
would really be out of sight.
D 
Are you sure they write
Dsus4 
D 
with     tafelhoopers?
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D 
F 
F# 
G 
Absolutely. Oh, Scuttle.
C 
It's hard to be humble
when you know everything.
G 
I may have an ego,
but it's under my wing.
Cm 
Baug 
Everyone wants  answers,
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Bb 
A 
no ifs, ands, or buts.
Dsus4 
So I show off      politely,
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F 
F# 
G 
that's the scuttle strut, he -heh! strut!
Do the scuttle strut! Strut!
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D 
G 
This letter -writing stuff is a  cinch,
humans do it all the time.
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G 
D 
Em 
Now here's what you gotta do.
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F# 
G 
You start out very truly yours,
and end it with, dear friend,
and in between you say things like,
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Bb 
how large the weather's been!
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C 
Then you stuff it in a bottle,
a special one that floats.
G 
Humans only use them
for their most important note.
Dsus4 
Like this     bottle,
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Eb 
D 
the one I found with the letter inside.
F 
F# 
Sure, why you could nail
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C 
anything in that.
It's hard to be humble
when you know everything.
G 
I may have an ego,
but it's under my wing.
C 
B 
Baug 
Everyone wants answers,
B 
Bb 
A 
who I wear and what.
Dsus4 
So I show up       politely,
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F 
F# 
G 
that's the scuttle -strut!
F 
Em 
ha!
Eb 
D 
G 
C 
G 
C 
It's hard to be humble
when you know everything.
G 
I may have an ego,
but it's under my wing.
C 
B 
Everyone wants answers,
Bb 
A 
no ifs, ands, or buts,
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Dm 
G 
C 
G 
C 
G 
so I show off politely!
F 
Now you'd better hurry home, sweetie.
You know what your father'd say
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if he finds you up here on the
G 
surface again.
Thanks, Scuttle!