[Refrão]
       D7      G   D7                       G        
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 
D7      G   D7                       G        
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 

verse 1 

        G                     D 
Down in Trinidad, there was a family 
     D7                G 
With much confusion as you will see 
                        D 
A mama and a papa and a boy who was grown 
   D7                       G 
He wanted to marry and have wife of his own 
                     D 
He found a girl, she suited him nice 
   D7                    G 
He went to his father to ask his advice 
                         D 
His father said, "son, I have to say no 
    D7                            G 
The girl is your sister, but your mama don't know" 


[Refrão]
D7      G   D7                       G        
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 
       D7      G   D7                       G        
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 

verse 2 

             G                     D 
And then the weeks went by and the summer came down 
D7                         G 
Soon, the best girl on the islands he found 
                       D 
He went to his papa to make it a date 
    D7                         G 
His papa shook his head and to this he did say 
                              D 
"You can't marry that girl, I have to say no 
          D7                            G 
Cause the girl is your sister, but your mama don't know" 


[Refrão]
D7      G   D7                       G        
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 
       D7      G   D7                       G        
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 

verse 3 

       G                    D 
Oh, he went to his mama, he covered his head 
   D7                     G 
He told his mom, what his father had said 
                                    D 
His mother, she laughed, she said, "go man go 
     D7                               G 
Your daddy ain't your daddy, but your daddy don't know" 


[Refrão]
D7      G   D7                       G        
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 
     D7      G   D7                       G        
Well oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 
       D7      G   D7                       G        
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family 
       D7      G   D7                       G        
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family