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