YOU'RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH
from the TV show "How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
almost as performed by Whirling Dervishes on "Wish It Would Snow"
Transcribed by Dan Amrich (DanAmrich@aol.com)
**Formatted for Courier 10**
I'm taking my cues for this Dr. Seuss transcription from a great hard-
rock version by a little-known band named Whirling Dervishes.
Back in 1992 they released a four-song EP of holiday tunes called "Wish
It Would Snow" on WM Records (PO Box 732, Cranford NJ, 07016).
Here are the complete lyrics to the original song; Whirling
Dervishes leave out the fourth, fifth and most of the sixth verse. They
did it with power chords and so will I. Enjoy.
--Dan
CHORDS USED IN THIS ARRANGEMENT:
G C F Bb A D Eb
E -----------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------|
G ----------5-----------3-----7-----7-----8------|
D ----5-----5-----3-----3-----7-----7-----8------|
A ----5-----3-----3-----1-----5-----5-----6------|
E ----3-----------1------------------------------|
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G C F Bb
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch,
G A D
You really are a heel.
G C F Bb Eb
You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch.
(N.C.) D G C G C G C G D
You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!
You're a monster, Mr. Grinch,
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders, you have garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch.
I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!
You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch,
You have termites in your smile.
You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch,
Given a choice between the two of you I'd take the seasick crocodile!
You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch,
You're the king of sinful sots.
Your heart's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr.
Grinch,
You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic
sauce!
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/whirling_dervishes/youre_a_mean_one_mr_grinch_tab.html ]
You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch,
With a nauseous super "naus!"
You're a crooked dirty jockey and you drive a crooked hoss, Mr. Grinch.
[spoken until the rhyme kicks in]
Your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most
disgraceful assortment of rubbish imaginable mangled up in
tangled up knots!
You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch,
You're a nasty wasty skunk.
Your heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk, Mr.
Grinch,
[spoken]
G C G C G C
The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote,
Eb D G
"Stink, stank, stunk!"
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Here's a few of the licks I've been able to figure out:
G C F Bb G A
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------2-1-0---------------------------|
D ------------------------------------3-------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch You really are
D
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
B -----------7--------------------------------------------------|
G -------------7------------------------------------------------|
D ---------7-----7----------------------------------------------|
A -------5---------5--------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
A heel
(you're picking the full barre chord here)
The lick on the opening and refrains:
E ---------8--------------8-------------8-------------8-10------|
B -8-11-10----8---8-11-10---8---8-11-10---8---8-11-10-----------|
G --------------------------------------------------------------|
D --------------------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
Hopefully that's enough to go on. Good luck and happy holidays. :)
Dan Amrich <> DanAmrich@aol.com
