The Unicorn chords by Frank Carson

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) They were carrying Houdini to his grave,
the four fellas were carrying the coffin.
One of the fellas carrying the coffin
said, I bet he's not in there.
A long time ago,
Em 
when the  (E minor) earth was green,
A 
there was  (A major) more kinds of animals
D 
than  (D major) you've ever seen.
They'd run around free
Em 
when the  (E minor) earth was being born
D 
Em 
And the  (D major) loveliest of all was the  (E minor) uni corn
A 
D 
 (A major) Well,  (D major) there was green alligators
Em 
and  (E minor) long -necked geese
A 
Some  (A major) honky -donk camels
D 
and some  (D major) chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants,
Em 
but  (E minor) sure as you're born
D 
Em 
D 
The  (D major) loveliest of all was the  (E minor) uni corn  (D major) 
Well, God seen some sinners
Em 
and it  (E minor) gave him pain
A 
And he said,  (A major) stand back, Noah,
D 
I'm gonna make  (D major) it rain
And they said, hey, brother
Em 
Noah, I'll tell  (E minor) you what I's gonna do,
huh, child
D 
You're  (D major) gonna build me a
Em 
A 
floatin' zoo  (E minor)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) Well, there was green alligators,
Em 
some  (E minor) humpback geese
A 
Some  (A major) humpty -bump camels
D 
and some  (D major) chimpanzees
Some earthy -dancin' elephants,
Em 
a  (E minor) ginger boy
D 
Em 
D 
The  (D major) loveliest of all was the  (E minor) uni corn  (D major) 
So the ark started moving,
Em 
and it  (E minor) drifted with the tide,
A 
 (A major) and then unicorns looked out
D 
from  (D major) the rocks
and then they cried.
And the waters came down
Em 
and sort of drif (E minor) ted them away,
D 
and that's  (D major) why you've
never seen a unicorn
unless you're stoned out of your brains,
D 
A 
B 
to this  (D major) very, very day.  (A major)  (B major) 
D 
There were  (D major) green alligators
Em 
and  (E minor) long neck geese
A 
Some  (A major) honky -bonks and camels
D 
and some  (D major) chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants
Em 
and  (E minor) children airborne
D 
Em 
The  (D major) loveliest of all was the  (E minor) year
A 
D 
Em 
G 
I  (A major) was  (D major) born  (E minor)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) 
All right, that's lovely.
I think we'll re -record that one as well.