Grim Grinning Ghosts

The Melomen, Paul Frees, Betty Taylor, Bill Lee, & Thurl Ravenscroft

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Intro
Am B BM7 B7 Am7 Am7 F Am F7 F C Am 
                      

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Verse
     Am           BM7       B 
When hinges creak in Dora's chambers 

Am  Am7                     BbM7                          BbM7 
And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls  

F                                        Am                   Fsus4 
Whenever candle lights flicker where the air is deathly still  

            E                    C 
That is the time when ghosts are present 

           Am 
Practicing their terror with ghoulish delight 

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Intro
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Verse
     Am Am E7 Am E7 Am7 Am7 Bb7 Am F Am FM7 E7 Am E7 Am Am E7 Am 
When                                        the crypt 

                               Am 
doors creak and the tombstones quake 

                Bbm 
Spooks come out for a swinging wake 

Am                       F 
Happy haunts materialize  


And begin to vocalize 

Am 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize 

    Am 
Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide 

   Am                Bbm 
Or a silly spook may sit by your side 

Am          F 
Shrouded in a daft disguise 


Chorus
Am              F 
They pretend to terrorize 

Am                                         Am F F7 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize     


Verse
F7 
As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree 

Bbm 
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree 

Bbm 
Creepy creeps with eerie eyes 

Bbm 
Start to shriek and harmonize 

Bbm 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize 

Bbm 
When you hear the knell of a requiem bell 

Bbm 
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell 


Restless bones etherialize 

Bbm                          Bbm Bb7 
Rise as spooks of every size     

Am 
When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake 


Spooks come out for a swinging wake 

Am                       Am 
Happy haunts materialize  


And begin to vocalize 

Am 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize 

    Am 
Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide 

     Am                  Bbm 
Or a silly spook may sit by your side 

Am            F             Am 
Shrouded in a daft disguise  

             F            F7 
They pretend to terrorize  

Am                                         Am F7 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize    

F7 
As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree 

F7 
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree 

                         F7 
Creepy creeps with eerie eyes 

                              F7 
Start to shriek and harmonize  

                                 F7        Bbm 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize  

Bbm 
When you hear the knell of a requiem bell 

            C 
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell 

                           G 
Restless bones etherialize  

                        G                Bb7 
Rise as spooks of every size oh yes they did 


Chorus
               Am 
When the crypt   doors creak and the tombstones quake 

Am 
Spooks come out for a swinging wake 

Am           A7          Am 
Happy haunts materialize  


And begin to vocalize 

E 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize 

    E 
Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide 

   F7                Bb7 
Or a silly spook may sit by your side 

C7          F7 
Shrouded in a daft disguise 

Am 
They pretend to terrorize 

E                                          Am 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize  

F 
As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree 

                               F 
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree 


Creepy creeps with eerie eyes 

F 
Start to shriek and harmonize 

F 
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize 

Bbm 
When you hear the knell of a requiem bell 

                                Bbm 
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell 

                           Bbm 
Restless bones etherialize  

                        Bbm 
Rise as spooks of every size 

             Bbm 
If you would  


Outro
Bbm      Bbm 
   like to join our jamboree 

Am                                      Bbm 
There's a simple rule that's compulsory  

Am                      Am 
Mortals pay a token fee  

              Am                  Am 
Rest in peace the haunting's free  

                 Am                      Am 
So hurry back we would like your company  

           Am            Am 
Hurry back   hurry back  

   Am                                   Am Am 
Be sure to bring your death certificate    


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