[Intro]
Am    Dm      Am    Dm      Am    Dm    E
[Strophe]
           Am       Dm          G       C 
You're a mean one,     Mister Grinch 
    Am     B7     E 
You really are a heel 
          Am        Dm 
You're as cuddly as cactus 
            G              C 
You're as charming as an eel 
       F        F 
Mister Gr - i - nch 
B7                         E E 
You're a bad banana with a 
             Am    B7 
greasy black peel
[Instrumentale]
Am    D      Am    B7       E E
[Strophe]
         Am      Dm          G       C 
You're a monster,     Mister Grinch 
     Am         B7     E 
Your heart's an empty hole 
     Am               Dm 
Your brain is full of spiders 
           G             C 
You've got garlic in your soul 
       F        F 
Mister Gr - i - nch 
B7 
I wouldn’t touch you with a... 
E                             Am       B7 
Thirty-nine and a half foot pole
[Instrumentale]
Am    Dm      Am    B7       E
[Strophe]
         Am       Dm           G       C 
You're a vile one,      Mister Grinch 
         Am       B7        E 
You have termites in your smile 
         Am             Dm 
You have all the tender sweetness of 
  G       C 
A seasick crocodile 
       F        F 
Mister Gr - i - nch 
B7 
Given the choice between the two of you 
                          Am      B7 
I'd take the seasick crocodile
[Instrumentale]
Am    Dm      Am    B7       E
[Strophe]
         Am     Dm          G       C 
You're a rotter,     Mister Grinch 
           Am      B7      E 
You're the king of sinful sots 
     Am             Dm 
Your heart's a dead tomato splotched 
     G            C 
With moldy purple spots 
         F        F 
Mister Gr - i - nch 
B7 
You're a three-decker 
  
sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich 
             Am      B7 
With arsenic sauce
[Instrumentale]
Am    Dm      Am    B7       E
[Strophe]
     Am         Dm           G       C 
You nauseate me,      Mister Grinch, 
       Am       B7      E 
With a nauseous super "naus" 
         Am           Dm 
You're a crooked jerky jockey 
        G               C 
and you drive a crooked horse 
       F        F 
Mister Gr - i – nch 
B7 
Your soul is an appalling dump-heap, 
N.C. 
overflowing with the most disgraceful 
N.C. 
assortment of rubbish imaginable 
                          Am      E 
Mangled-up and tangled-up knots
[Instrumentale]
Am    Dm      Am    Dm       E
[Strophe]
         Am       Dm          G       C 
You're a foul one,     Mister Grinch 
         Am    B7     E 
You're a nasty-wasty skunk 
     Am               Dm 
Your heart is full of unwashed socks 
     G               C 
Your soul is full of gunk 
       F        F 
Mister Gr - i - nch 
B7 
The three words that best describe you 
N.C. 
are as follows, And I quote: 
     E         E          Am  E 
Stink!..., stank!..., stunk!