The Elephant Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]An [A]ele[Bb]phan[Eb]t's[D]
life is tedious,
labor[A]ious and slow.
[D]I've bee[G]n an elephant all me [D]life,
so I blooming [Bb]well ought to [A]know.[Eb]
He [Abm]nev er forge[B]ts a [Eb]name or[Abm] face.[B]
[Eb]He k[Abm]nows his w[Baug]ay from pl[Eb]ace to place.
[Abm]Oh, re[Eb]members to[Bbm] be du[C#] tiful[D],
[F]and [Bm]when to push and [A]when to [F#]pull,
and [Cm]when he's [Eb]dead the [E]dealer calls
and [A]buys his tusks for [Bbaug]billiard balls.
[Baug]Oh, an d[D] all bec[Em]ause an [C]elephant's
[F]got a [Bb]perfect [Bm]memory.[E]
[D]This wasn't the life for me,
so I'm suf[G]fering from amne[Bm]sia.
Me [G]mind's a [Bm]perfect [G]blank
Now [C]life is [D]very much [Bm]easier
Amne[D]sia's to thank
I'm [G]being psycho[C]analyzed
I [G]lie on a [C]di van
And [A]flap me [D]ears and try to look
As [G]balmy [A]as [D]I can
I'm an [G]introverted
Elephacentric hypochondri[C]ac
And I'll stick in [D]the elephant's
[Bm]nursing [Em]home
Till I [C]get me [D]memory [G]back[Eb][A][Bm]
[D]I'm suf[G]fering from hysteria,
I nearly split the sides
To watch the [D]others get [Bm]wearier
[G]of giv[D]ing the children rights
I [G]tell my psycho[C]analyst
that I'm a [G]sacred [C]cow
I'd [Em]love [A]to carry [F#m]a howdah,
[Bm]but I can'[G]t rememb[D]er how
I'm an [G]introverted,
elephant -centric hypochondri[C]ac
And I'll stick in the elephant's
[Bm]nursing [Em]home
Till I [C]get me [D]memory [G]back[Eb][D]
I [G]suffer from schizophrenia
[D]It [Em]comes on me in [G]spells
Sometimes [C]I'm [D]King of Ar[G]menia
At [D]others I'm Orson Welles
I [G]tell them I'm [C]Napoleon
And [D]all that [G]sort of [C]bunk
They never [D]guess that all the [Bm]time
He he he [D]he he he
[Em]I'm [G]laughing o[A]ut me [D]trunk
I'm an [G]introverted,
elephant -centric hypochondri[C]ac
And I'll stick in the
[D]elephant's [Bm]nursing [Em]home
Till [C]I get [D]me memory [G]back
Ti -ya -ti -da -lum -pa [Em]-pum -pa -di
[D]-pa -pa -pum
Practicing me [G]trumpet half the night
Ti -ya -ti -da -lum -pa -pum -pa
-di [D]-di -pa -pa -pum
And I'll stick in the elephant's
[Bm]nursing [Em]home
Till [C]I get [D]me memory,
[Bm]get me memory,
[C]get me [D]memory back!