Joshua Giraffe Chords by Raffi

[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ Joshua [G] Giraffe was born in a zoo.
He [C] lived there too [F] for two years and [Bb] a half.
He [G] hasn't had a bath.
_ [C] My mommy doesn't lick me _ _ even when I'm _ sticky. _ _ _ _
From [Bb] candy floss, candy [Am] apples, popcorn, _ _ [Gm] soft drinks, [F] jelly beans, and _ gumdrops.
_ [Bb] There must be something better _ [Am] than living in this cage.
_ But [Gm] I'm really not too sure, cause [F] I'm rather short of age.
_ [C] _ [D] _ [E] _ [F] _ Joshua _
[Bb] Giraffe _ [G] was feeling kind of [C] sad.
Things were going bad.
How [F] little of life [Bb] he'd had.
_ _ [G] Wasting away with [C] no room to play.
_ _ _ Trapped in a zoo _ with _ _ buffalo _ poo.
_ _ So [Bb]
he went next door [A] to the elephant _ [Gm] and he asked him what [F] to do. _ _
_ [Bb] I'm wasting away with [Am] no room to play. _
[Gm] I'm trapped in a zoo _ [F] with buffalo _ poo. _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _
The elephant was very old and gray _ _ [Dm] _ and he had a huge balloon bottom. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ And he said, _ never fear Joshua, _ for a vision will [Cm] appear. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ That night a dream [Cm] came to Joshua. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ Joshua [Db] saw [Cm] animals like [Db] crazy [Cm] monkeys.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ _ _ And [Db] a whole [Cm] pile of hippy _ [Db] _
[Cm] patastrophosis.
_ Oh, [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ wow.
_ _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ And flitty [G] moths.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] Frogs size _ [Db] 12.
[Cm] Really?
_ _ [G] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Db] And _ [Cm] _ _
_ sleazy lizards. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And [Db] a tribe [Cm] of nasty _ [G] saviors.
[Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] But [Cm] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] Joshua wasn't [G] afraid, [Cm] cause he sang himself this song.
[Db] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nothing can go wrongo.
I'm [N] in the Congo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Cm] But even in his dream he knew _
[C] he'd [Bb] never get away.
[Ebm] Not even [E] for a day then.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
A peanut hit him on the nose. _ _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Joshua Giraffe [G] was back in the zoo.
[C] What could he do?
[F] _ _ Awakened from [Bb] his dream, _ he'd [G] never be the same.
Because [C] of things he'd seen.
_ _ _ _ He'd seen [Bb] _ alligators, [Am] crocodiles, tree sloths, _ [Gm] _ anacondas, cobras, [F] and [Bb] large [F] winged moths.
_ _ [Bb] _ Orangutans, _ gorillas, _ _ [Am] _ baboons eating grapes.
_ [Gm] _ Gibbons, rude _ mandrills, [F] and just _ _ plain _ _ apes.
_ [D] _ [E] _ [F] But Joshua [Bb] was lucky.
_ _ [G] He had some special [C] friends.
And [F] that day they went [Bb] to the zoo.
_ [G] Well, he was uptight, [C] so they waited till the night.
[F] And they chopped his [Bb] cage in two.
_ [G] He discovered he could _ fly.
And [C] he _ soared into the sky.
_ _ With them wrapped around his neck.
_ And they _ haven't come back yet.
_ So if you see them, [F] get _ a [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
net. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Funicello.
Ho ho _ ho.
[F] Ho [A] ho ho [Bb] ho ho.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ That's _
[Am] _ _ right.
[Bb] They haven't come [G] back yet.
But when [C] they do, [F] they say they're going to [Bb] free all the animals [G] from their [C] cages.
No [F] matter how new or [Bb] modern.
_ _ _ [G] And even [C] some pets, too.
[F] So if on your way [Bb] home today, [G] you happen to find [F] a _ baboon basking in [Bb] the balcony. _
[G] _ _ _ [C] Or a lion [F] licking a lemon in [Bb] the lobby.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] Or a [F] python perched in [Bb] the pantry.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ A [F] wildebeest in [Bb] the WC.
[G] _
With [C] a turtle twirling in [F] your tub.
No, [Bb] don't be afraid.
[G] Just say that you're a [C] friend of their friends.
[F] _ Joshua [Bb] Giraffe _
[G] Joshua _ _ [C] Joshua [F] _
Joshua [Dm] Giraffe
_ [G] _ Joshua [C] _
Joshua [F] _ Joshua [Bb] Giraffe _
[G] _ Joshua [C] _ Joshua [F] _
Joshua [Bb] Giraffe
[G] _ Joshua [C] _
Joshua [F] [Dm] Joshua [Bb] Giraffe
_ [G] _
Joshua [F] _ Joshua Joshua [Bb] Giraffe _
[G] Joshua [C] _ Joshua [F] Joshua [Bb]
Giraffe
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _