• Song:

    Civilization

  • Artist:

    Danny Kaye

(C)Each morning, a (C+) missionary (C6) adver (Fm) tises (C) neon sign
He tells the native population that civilization is (Dm7) fine (G7)(Dm7)
(G7) And three (Dm7) educated (G9) savages (Dm7) holler from A (G9) bamboo (Dm7) tree (G7) (Dm7)
(G7) That (Dm7) civiliza(G9) tion is a (G7)thing (G9) for (G7) me to (C) see (G+) But...





(C) BONGO, BONGO, BONGO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE CONGO
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
BINGLE, BANGLE, BUNGLE, I'M SO HAPPY IN THE (C#dim7) JUNGLE
I RE(Dm7)FUSE TO GO (G7)
DON'T WANT NO (Dm7) BRIGHT LIGHTS, (G9) FALSE TEETH
(Dm7) DOORBELLS, (G9) LANDLORDS
(Dm7) I MAKE IT CLEAR (G7)
THAT, NO (DM7) MATTER HOW THEY (G7) COAX ME
I'LL (G7) STAY RIGHT (C) HERE
THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE THE ATOM BOMB
SO I (Gm) THINK I'LL STAY WHERE I 'OM' (A7)
CIVILI(Dm7)ZATION, (G7) I'LL STAY RIGHT (C) HERE
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