Natalie Merchant – Griselda (Guitar)

       G        D      C             G D
Oh, Griselda is greedy, I'm sorry to say.

    Em       C          B             Em
She isn't contented with four meals a day,

     G               C      A           B
Like breakfast, like dinner, supper and tea.

   C        G        B           Em
Griselda is greedy as greedy can be.

             Em
Oh well, she snoops about the larder

    G
For sundry small supplies,

C
Breaks the little crusty bits

        B
Off the rims of apple pies,

Em
Pokes the roast-potato dish

     G
When Sunday dinner's done.

C
If there are two left in it

   B
Griselda snitches one.

Em               C
Cold chicken and cold cauliflower:

    A               B
She pulls in little chunks?

         A                         B
And when Mama calls, "What are you doing there?"

N.C.     Em
Griselda bunks.

         Em       D
Well, Griselda is greedy.

C                      G D
  Well, that's how she feels.

    Em               C      B           Em
She simply can't help eating in-between meals.

        G         C        A                 B
And she always forgets what it's all leading to,

          C          G        B                     Em
Though he doctor has told her, "You know why, don't you?"

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             A                         B            Em  Em
And when the stomachache starts and Griselda says, "Oh, oh."

             Em
And then she slips down to the dining-room

     G
When everyone's in bed,

    C
For cheese-rind on the supper-tray,

    D
And buttered crusts of bread.

  Em
A biscuit from the biscuit box,

  G
A lump sugar from the bowl,

  C
A gherkin from the pickle jar

    D
Are all Griselda's toll.

    Em                C
She tastes the salted almonds,

        A                 B
And she tries the candied fruits,

         A                  B
And when Daddy shouts, "Who is it down below?"

N.C.     Em
Griselda scoots.

       Em
Oh, Griselda is greedy.

C               G  D
  Her relatives scold

    Em                  C     D           Em
And tell her she will be sorry when she's old,

       G           C       A                   B
She'll lose her complexion, she's sure to grow fat,

       G           C     A                          B
She'll spoil her insides. Does she know where she's at?

     C          G      B            Em
Some people are greedy. Leave it at that.