Hunting Tigers Out In "Indiah"

(Evans/Damerell/Hargreaves)

 
           




Key:  Cm
Capo: 3, play Am.



 Intro:  Cm
(Capo): (Am)



 Cm
(Am)
 With big hungry tigers

       Fm              Cm 
      (Dm)            (Am)
 Table manners have no place


(Dear dear dear, no

  
 Dear dear dear, no

 G                    Cm
(E)                  (Am)                  
 Dear dear, oh, dear, no!)


 Cm 
(Am)
 After they have eaten you

      Fm              Cm 
     (Dm)            (Am)
 They never say their grace


(Dear dear dear, no


 Dear dear dear, no

 G                    Cm
(E)                  (Am)   
 Dear dear, oh, dear, no!)


 C       Cm     Fm      
(A)     (Am)   (Dm)
 Hunting tigers can be ripping fun

 D7                
(B7)
 Like three blind mice

 G 
(E)
 See the hunters run


 Cm
(Am)
 Hunting tigers out in India


 Out in out in

 G      Cm  
(E)    (Am)
 Out in India


 Yah!



 Cm
(Am)
 You all know how beastly tigers are


 Out in out in

 G          Cm
(E)        (Am)  
 Out in India


      Bb7           
     (G7)
 They bite, they scratch

      Eb        
     (C)
 They make an awful fuss

      Ab     Eb   
     (F)    (C)
 It's no use stroking them

     F7                 G
    (D7)               (E)
 And saying, "Puss puss puss!"


 Oh,

 Cm
(Am)
 Hunting tigers out in India


 Out in out in

 G          Cm     
(E)        (Am)
 Out in India


 Yah!


Instr.:  Cm   Fm   Cm   G   Cm
        (Am) (Dm) (Am) (E) (Am)


         Cm   Fm   Cm   G   Cm
        (Am) (Dm) (Am) (E) (Am)
        


      Bb7
     (G7) 
 They bite, they scratch

      Eb
     (C)
 They make an awful fuss

      Ab     Eb       
     (F)    (C)
 It's no use stroking them

     F7                 G 
    (D7)               (E)
 And saying, "Puss puss puss!"


 Oh,

 Cm
(Am)
 Hunting tigers out in India


 Out in out in

 G          Cm
(E)        (Am)
 Out in India


 Yah!


[spoken]:

 Cm
(Am)
 I say J.O., it's jolly frightening out here...


 Nonsense, dear boy, you should be like me!


 But look at you, you're shaking all over! What's the matter with you?

              G                     Cm    
             (E)                   (Am)
 Shaking, you silly goose? I'm just doing the Watusi, that's all...



 C      Cm       Fm   
(A)    (Am)     (Dm)
 Tigers don't go out on rainy nights

 D7   
(B7)
 They've no need to

 G
(E)
 Whet their appetites


 Cm
(Am)
 Hunting tigers out in India


 Out in out in

 G          Cm
(E)        (Am)
 Out in India


 Cm
(Am)
 How many tigers can you find

      Fm             Cm
     (Dm)           (Am)
 With forks and serviettes?


(Dear dear dear, no


 Dear dear dear, no

 G                    Cm
(E)                  (Am) 
 Dear dear, oh, dear, no!)
 
 Cm
(Am)
 Don't care in what part of you

      Fm                 Cm 
     (Dm)               (Am)
 They fix their fretwork sets


 Dear dear dear, no


 Dear dear dear, no

 G                    Cm    
(E)                  (Am) 
 Dear dear, oh, dear, no!)


 C       Cm     Fm   
(A)     (Am)   (Dm)
 Hunting tigers can be ripping fun

 D7
(B7)
 Like three blind mice

 G
(E)
 See the hunters run


 Cm
(Am) 
 Hunting tigers out in India


 Out in out in

 G          Cm
(E)        (Am)
 Out in India


 Yah!


 Cm
(Am) 
 Hunting tigers out in India


 Out in out in

 G          Cm
(E)        (Am)
 Out in India


 YAH!




NB: Capo chords are in parentheses.



          I've seen three tigers with forks before, really...