Civilization
Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters (1948)

Fm6: x5656x

Db (x43121@1)                                      DbEach (x43121@1)morning, a missionary advertise with neon sign
             Db (x43121@1)                   Fm6 (1x3131@1)           Ebm7He (x3131x@4)tells the native population that civilization is fine
          Ab7 (xx1112@1)                                 Ab7 (xx1112@1)Ab7And (xx1112@1)three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree
 (Eeeee! Ah-loh-kee-hah-tah-sah-nah.)
     Ab7 (xx1112@1)                   Ab7 (xx1112@1)name="chord_xx1112@1">Ab7 Ab7 (xx1112@1)name="chord_x43121@1">Db Ebm7 (x3131x@4)name="chord_x43121@1">Db Ab7That (xx1112@1)civilization is a thing for me  to  see

Db (x43121@1)                                                       DbSo (x43121@1)bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo, oh-no-no-no-no-no
Db (x43121@1)                                       Fm6 (1x3131@1)     Ebm7 (x3131x@4)       Ab7Bingle, (xx1112@1)bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
              Ab7 (xx1112@1)                                             Ab7Don't (xx1112@1)want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear
Ab7 (xx1112@1)                             Ab7 (xx1112@1)            Db (x43121@1)That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here

Db (x43121@1)                                            DbI (x43121@1)looked through a magazine the missionary's wife conceals
 (A magazine? What happens?)
          Db (x43121@1)                                   Fm6 (1x3131@1) Ebm7 (x3131x@4)Ab7I (xx1112@1)see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles
 (You know you can get hurt that way Daniel?)
       Ab7 (xx1112@1)                       Ab7 (xx1112@1)                Ab7!
At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see
 (What do they see Danny?)
  Ab7 (xx1112@1)                           Ab7 (xx1112@1)Ab7 (xx1112@1)   Db (x43121@1)name="chord_x3131x@4">Ebm7 Db (x43121@1)name="chord_xx1112@1">Ab7
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me

Db (x43121@1)                                                       DbSo (x43121@1)bongo, bongo, bongo he don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Db (x43121@1)                                       Fm6 (1x3131@1)     Ebm7 (x3131x@4)       Ab7Bingle, (xx1112@1)bangle, bungle he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go
              Ab7 (xx1112@1)                                  Ab7Don't (xx1112@1)want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear
Ab7 (xx1112@1)                             Ab7 (xx1112@1)            Db(So (x43121@1)no matter how they coax him), I'll stay right here

Db (x43121@1)                                     DbThey (x43121@1)hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
 (The Tring-galing-ahoo-laham-bah-la Express)
                Db (x43121@1)                                     Fm6 (1x3131@1)      Ebm7 (x3131x@4)Ab7And (xx1112@1)though it's smokey and it's crowded they're too civilized to complain
 (Ah-lo-ke-do-ho-saw-he-ma-he-na)
             Ab7 (xx1112@1)                       Ab7 (xx1112@1)                     Ab7When (xx1112@1)they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds
 (What do they do Danny?)
     Ab7 (xx1112@1)                                 Ab7 (xx1112@1)name="chord_xx1112@1">Ab7 Ab7 (xx1112@1)name="chord_x43121@1">Db Ebm7 (x3131x@4)name="chord_x43121@1">Db Ab7They (xx1112@1)swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round

Db (x43121@1)                                                       DbSo (x43121@1)bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Db (x43121@1)                                       Fm6 (1x3131@1)     Ebm7 (x3131x@4)       Ab7Bingle, (xx1112@1)bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
              Ab7 (xx1112@1)                                        Ab7Don't (xx1112@1)want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears
Ab7 (xx1112@1)                             Ab7 (xx1112@1)           Db(So (x43121@1)no matter how they coax him), I'll stay right here

Db (x43121@1)                 DbThey (x43121@1)have things like the atom bomb
     B7 (x21202@1)                    Bb7So (x13131@1)I think I'll stay where I "ahm"
       Ebm7 (x3131x@4)Ab7 (xx1112@1)              DbDm7 (x43121@1)Ebm7Em7 (x3131x@4)Fm7Civilization, (131141@1)  I'll stay right here

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