effervescing elephant chords and lyrics - SYD BARRETT

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[Verse 1]
[G]An effervescing elephant
With tiny eyes, and [D]great big trunk
Once [C]whispered to the tiny ears
The ears of one in[G]ferior

[Verse 2]
That [G]by next June he'd die, oh yeah!
Because the [D]tiger would roam
And the little one said oh my
goodness I must [Em]stay at home
[D]And eve[G]ry time I hear a growl

[Verse 3]
I'll [G]know the tiger's [D]on the prowl
but [C]I'll be really safe you know
[G]The ele[C]phant he tol[G]d me so
And everyone was nervy, [D]oh [G]yeah!
And the [D]message was spread

[Verse 4]
To zebra, mongoose,
and the dirty hippopotamus
Who [G]wallowed in the mud [D]and chewed
[G]His spicy hippo plankton foo[D]d

[Verse 5]
[C]And tended to ignore the word
Preferring [D]to sur[Em]vey a h[D]erd
[G]Of stupid water [D]bison, oh yeah!
[G]And all the jungle took fright

[Verse 6]
[D]And ran around for all
the day and the night
But all in [G]vain because you see
[D]The tiger cam[G]e and said who me,[D]
You know I [C]wouldn't hurt not one of you

[Verse 7]
I [C]much prefer [G]something to chew
and You're all [Em]too scant, [D]oh yeah!
He ate the elephant
[G]