[Verse 1]

Chip worked as

 a boatwright 

as his father 

and his gran
            
A' working in 

              
a boatyard bui

             
lding on the R

      
iver Thames

One day Chip w

as hard at wor

k, the Devil a

ppeared from h

ell
            
He held a roll

              
 of copper and

            
 a bucket full

     
 of nails

            
The Devil said

              
 unto Chip, "T

           
ake these nail

s and copper r

oll
             
But you also h

              
ave to take th

           
is rat and I w

ill take your 

soul"
            
Chip despised 

              
the rat, and t

   
he rat squeale

d and hissed
              
But the bucket

              
 of nails and 

             
copper were to

            
o much to resi


st


[Instrumental]
Am ... F G Am (repeat first four bars of verse) 2x


[Verse 2]

Chip went stra

ight to work, 

he'd get rid o

f the rat
            
And there woul

              
d no' be a pro

              
blem with his 

            
death after th

   
e fact

But the devil 

rat wouldn't d

ie, no matter 

how hard he tr

ied
            
The rat attack

              
ed the boatwri

             
ght and 'e bit

           
 him in the ey

e

            
It seemed as i

              
f the river ra

        
ts fell under 

Satan's spell
             
They followed 

              
Chip around an

           
d made his lif

e a living hel

l
            
He slowly lost

              
 his mind, he 


lost his famil

y
             
He lost his jo

              
b and had to j

             
oin the King's

   
 Navy


[Instrumental]
   


[Chorus]
  
A lemon grows 

a pip
             
A yard will bu

      
ild a ship
   
As Satan is my

 master
              
I will get you

  
, Chip
  
A lemon grows 

a pip
              
A yard will bu

      
ild a ship
            
As Satan is my

   
 master

I'm gonna get you


[Instrumental]
    3x
 
 ...    2x


[Verse 3]

The rats chase

d Chip up the 

gangplank of t

he ship
            
And they bit h

              
im and they to

              
rtured him unt

            
il he finally 


flipped

He sniveled to

 the captain t

o turn around 

the rig
            
The captain sp

              
ied his madnes

             
s and they chu

             
cked him in th

  
e brig

            
Now, the devil

              
 rat had his m

       
an, he knew ju

st what to do
             
He'd command t

              
he rats and th

          
rough the plan

ks they'd chew
            
The water rush

              
ed in, and the

 
 ship went dow

n
             
She was smashe

              
d upon the roc

              
ks on which th

            
e rats danced 


around


[Chorus]
  
A lemon grows 

a pip
             
A yard will bu

      
ild a ship
   
As Satan is my

 master
              
I will get you

  
, Chip
  
A lemon grows 

a pip
             
A yard will bu

      
ild a ship
   
As Satan is my

 master
              
I will get you

  
, Chip
  
A lemon grows 

a pip
             
A yard will bu

      
ild a ship
   
As Satan is my

 master
              
I will get you

  
, Chip
  
A lemon grows 

a pip
             
A yard will bu

      
ild a ship
   
As Satan is my

 master
           
I GOT YOU CHIP

!