Anansi (story) Chords

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[Verse 1]
ANANSI
[G]THE
SPIDER
Once upon a time in [Bm]a village far away,
[C]it was time to [D]eat lunch for the day.
Mr.
[G]Turtle's tummy was a [Bm]-rumbling.
[C]He was ready to cook [D]up something.
[G]In his garden,
Mr.
Turtle [Bm]trundled.
[C]Under his flippers, yams h[D]e bundled.
[G]I shall make a y[Bm]am stew, s[C]aid he.
[D]A delicious feast just for me.
[G]Into the pot the yams went smush
[D]smash smash.
[C]He whipped up the stew [D]in it jiffy,
in a flash.
[G]Yow!
It was hot and needed to chill,
so he left it on the windowsill.
And
Nancy, [C]the trickster spider, [D]was nearby.
He'd [C]had no [D]lunch, not [G]even a fly.
Suddenly, a delicious smell of [D]stew
[G]in his [D]nostrils grew [C]and [G]grew.
[D]Sniff, sniff!
[G]And
Nancy followed the smell towards
a [D]house [Bm]shaped like a shell.
[C]There on the sill [D]was a tasty stew.
And yam [C]was his favourite stew [D]too.
Anansi knock [G]-knocked
on the house of shell.
Mr
Turtle appeared and sighed as well.
Can I eat some of [Em]your stew?
[D]Anansi said.
But
[G]Mr
Turtle just shook his head.
Mr
Turtle thought this was rude.
After all, [Em]the stew [D]was his food.
[C]No, you can't,[G] he said to
Anansi.
This tasty feast is just [Bm]for me.
[C]Everyone knew
[D]Anansi was cheeky.
He al[G]ways made plans that were [Bm]sneaky.
He [C]suddenly thought of a cunning t[D]rick
to eat this stew ever so quick.
[G]He said,
If I make [Bm]something fly without [C]wings,
Mr
Turtle,
can I [D]try some of your [G]delicious stew?
It seemed this couldn't be true.
Mr
Turtle laughed.
[C]Something fly?
Without wings? [D]I'd like to see you try!
If this [Em]thing can fly fast [G]an d true,
then [C]I'll give you all of my [G]tasty [D]stew !"
[G]Tee hee hee!
Anansi chuckled then too.
He knew exactly what to do.
He shot a long [D]spider string,
so [G]thin you couldn't see [C]a thing.
[D]He shot it tow[G]ards the window, where
the stew was [D]ready to go.
[G]And
Nancy [Em]glided [D]on this spider string.
Whoosh!
[G]It looked like he [Em]was flying!
[D]And
Nancy slided [Em]and g[D]lided along.
The silk string was [G]nice and strong.
Soon, he reached the stew pot,
and in his eight arms it was caught.
Mr
Turtle was so surprised,
he couldn't believe his turtle eyes.
[D]Why, [G]how did you do that?
[Bm]said he.
And
[C]Nancy giggled and [D]danced with glee.
Mr.
Turtle felt [G]sad and defeated.
Little did he know,
[G]he'd just been cheated.
[Em]You can have all the yam [D]stew.
[G]You [C]flew without wings, [D]that is true.
I'd like to [G]share this stew, said
Anansi.
[Bm]Mr.
Turtle [C]smiled.
[D]Great idea, [G]I agree.
[Bm]Slurp!
[C]They ate the tasty ste[D]w right up,
and often after, [G]together would sup.