Key: G major•
Verse 1
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D
C
There once was a lawyer
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they called Mr. Clay
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That he courted and married
At the wedding the lawyer
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T 'was not in omitting
The ring was well chosen,
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they had a big feed
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And began to prepare
Her husband sat near her
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admiring her charms
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to hold in his arms
She went to the washstand
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D
to bathe her fair face,
The rose in her cheek
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D
quickly grew very faint,
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D
And he saw on the towel
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C
was nothing but paint.
He's a very unfortunate,
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a very unfortunate,
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A very unfortunate man.
She went to the mirror
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to take down her hair
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G
And when she had done so,
Said, she,
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don't be frightened to see my bald head
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I'll put on my cap when I get into bed
She hung her false hair
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on the wall on a peg
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And then she proceeded to take off a leg
Her trembling husband thought
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sure he would die
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When she asked him to come and
He's a very unfortunate,
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D
a very unfortunate,
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a very unfortunate man
The husband was biting
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his quivering lips
Just then her false nose
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clattered down on the floor
Now all you young men
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who would marry for life
Remember the lawyer
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who trusted his eyes
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And a little bit later got quite a surprise
He's a very unfortunate,
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a very unfortunate,
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D C F Dm
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