Tonalité : B major
Intro 1
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D
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Verse 1
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Jumbo the elephant,
G
he wasn't elegant
C
G
D
And his intelligence was small
G
But he was a hell of a nice
C
G
sort of elephant
C
G
C
Well -in -and -mild like a lovable child
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C
G
D
Obedient to everyone's call
Gm
Jumbo lived in the jingle -jangle jungle
Bb
Gm
of of a concrete town
Work clearing, debris hauling,
timber heaving good
Bb
Gm
as till the night came down
D
Gm
Never known another home,
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Eb
D
he was happy as he could be
Gm
Everyone gave him bonds,
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Eb
D
petted him, patted
Gm
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Gm
And the Mayor warned half the town
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and John Bolton
Gm
F
Yes, the Mayor taught him all
Gm
the things
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Gm
that an elephant should do
Eb
F
And the Mayor, when the town
Bb
C
turned out for the Liberty Parade
D
Eb
Yes, the mare,
F
Bb
why'd the crowd wave flags
C
D
And the brass bands polite?
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Eb
D
Proud as a cat, in his cock -a -doodle -hat
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The fat mare sat on
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D
E
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the elephant's back
D
G
C
G
Jumbo the Elephant, he wasn't elegant,
C
G
A
and his intelligence was small
D
G
But he was a hell of a nice
C
G
sort of elephant,
C
willing and mild
G
C
G
Like a lovable child,
C
G
D
obedient to everyone's call
Gm
Sunday evenings
all the town folks
Bb
Gm
they gathered in the market
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Gm
square
Come to watch the elephant
performing all the tricks
that he'd been taught
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by the man
Gm
D
Gm
Well he could dance and he could prance,
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Eb
D
everyone laughing to see the fun
Gm
Rumbering, lumbering,
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Eb
keeping time to the beat of
Gm
F
Gm
And the mare, the ways of an elephant
Cm
F
were ways he understood
Gm
Cm
F
Yes, the mare gave Jumbo champagne
Gm
Cm
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Gm
as a terrain for be ing good
Eb
F
And the mare, at the word of command,
Bb
C
D
the great beast bound
Eb
Yes, the mare,
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Bb
mounted like a roger,
C
D
to the cheers of the crowd
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Eb
Proud as a cat, in his cock -a -doodle -hat
D
Eb
The fat mare sat on the
Bb
D
elephant's back
E
F#
D
G
Jumbo, the elephant,
C
G
he wasn't elegant
C
G
A
And his intelligence was small
D
G
But he was a hell of a nice
C
G
sort of elephant
C
G
C
Well in and mild, like a lovable child
G
C
G
D
Obedient to everyone's call
Gm
Then one Sunday as the dry leaves
Bb
Gm
Gsus4
they flickered in the summer heat
Gm
The Mayor was riding Jumbo up
ahead of the procession
Bb
Gm
through the crowded streets
Gsus4
Gm
D
Gm
Suddenly, for all to see,
F
Eb
Tiambo stopped at the mare,
D
call his name
Gm
Silently, defiantly,
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Eb
D
Tiambo was playing another game
Gm
And the elephant,
Cm
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he raised his trunk
Gm
F
Gm
and trumpeted, shattering the sky
Yes, the elephant,
F
Gm
the crowns fled in terror
F
when they heard his jungle cry
Gm
Eb
And the elephant,
F
rampaging and tramp
Bb
C
D
ling through the town
Eb
F
Bb
Yes, the elephant, Jumbo cried the mare
C
D
as he was hauled to the ground
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And a tit -for -tat,
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D
you could hear the bones crack
Eb
As the elephant sat on the
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Em
fat man's back
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G
C
G
Jumbo the elephant, he wasn't elegant
C
G
A
And his intelligence was small
D
G
But he was a hell of a nice
C
G
sort of elephant
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G
C
Until he turned wild like a violent child
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C
G
D
You can't trust an elephant at all
Thank you very much, John.
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