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Danny Kaye - Civilization chords
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Civilization Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters (1948) Fm6: x5656x Db Db Each morning, a missionary advertise with neon sign Db Fm6 Ebm7 He tells the native population that civilization is fine Ab7 Ab7 Ab7 And three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree (Eeeee! Ah-loh-kee-hah-tah-sah-nah.) Ab7 Ab7 Ab7 Ab7 Db Ebm7 Db Ab7 That civilization is a thing for me to see Db Db So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo, oh-no-no-no-no-no Db Fm6 Ebm7 Ab7 Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go Ab7 Ab7 Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear Ab7 Ab7 Db That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here Db Db I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife conceals (A magazine? What happens?) Db Fm6 Ebm7 Ab7 I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles (You know you can get hurt that way Daniel?) Ab7 Ab7 Ab7! At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see (What do they see Danny?) Ab7 Ab7 Ab7 Db Ebm7 Db Ab7 Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/danny-kaye/382656.html ] Db Db So bongo, bongo, bongo he don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no Db Fm6 Ebm7 Ab7 Bingle, bangle, bungle he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go Ab7 Ab7 Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear Ab7 Ab7 Db (So no matter how they coax him), I'll stay right here Db Db They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train (The Tring-galing-ahoo-laham-bah-la Express) Db Fm6 Ebm7 Ab7 And 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 Ab7 Ab7 When they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds (What do they do Danny?) Ab7 Ab7 Ab7 Ab7 Db Ebm7 Db Ab7 They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round Db Db So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no Db Fm6 Ebm7 Ab7 Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go Ab7 Ab7 Don't want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears Ab7 Ab7 Db (So no matter how they coax him), I'll stay right here Db Db They have things like the atom bomb B7 Bb7 So I think I'll stay where I "ahm" Ebm7 Ab7 Db Dm7 Ebm7 Em7 Fm7 Civilization, I'll stay right here e|------------------------------| B|-9--11-9----------------6-----| G|---------11--10-8--6-5----6---| D|------------------------------| A|----------------------------4-| E|------------------------------|  |