At The Codfish Ball Chords
At The Codfish Ball by Shirley Temple is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, A7, Em, G, F, G7, Dm7, D and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
VERSE
C A7
Next Friday night your all invited To dance from eight to five
Em G C
All the fishes still alive Are having a ball
C A7
Its some affair, they'll all be there From the herring to the whale
Em G C
They'll turn out to shake a scale In Neptune's Hall
C
Come along and follow me To the bottom of the sea
F G7 Dm7 G C F (G)
We'll join in the Jamboree At the Codfish Ball
C
Lobsters dancing in a row Shuffle off to Buffalo
F G7 Dm7 G C F (G)
Jelly fish sway to and fro at the Codfish Ball
BRIDGE
F Dm7 F Dm7
Finn-an-haddie leads the eel through an Irish reel
D Am7
The catfish is a dancing man
G C G
But he can't can-can like the sardine can
C
Tunas trucking left and right Minnnies mooching, what a night
F G7 Dm7 G C F (G)
There won't be a hook in sight at the Codfish Ball
Chorus