The Elephant Song Chords by Kamahl
Tempo:
74.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Bb
Eb
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Tell me, said the [D] elephant, [Db] tell me, brothers, [A] if you can,
why [Gb] all the world is full of creatures, [E] yet we go [Gb] in fear of man.
[Am] [D] Tell me, said the elephant, tell [G] me why this [D] has to be.
[A] We have to run from [Bm] man, the hunter, [E] never safe and never [A] free.
[D] People kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
Gentle is the elephant, [G] pulling loads and [D] everything.
We [A] love to hear the [Gb] children [Bm] laughing when [E] we're in the [A] circus ring.
[D] Happy was the elephant, [G] happy was his jungle [D] life.
And then [A] there came the [Bm] cruel hunter [E] with a rifle [A] and a knife.
People [D] kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
[Bb] [Eb]
Please listen, said [Ab] the elephant, if we [Eb] want the world we know to stay [Bb] alive,
then man and [Cm] beast, we must work together and [F] together we will [Bb] survive.
[Eb] This, said the elephant, [Ab] is [Eb] conservation time.
So take [Bb] the warning when [Cm] we trumpet [F] for the future [Bb] of mankind.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
why [Gb] all the world is full of creatures, [E] yet we go [Gb] in fear of man.
[Am] [D] Tell me, said the elephant, tell [G] me why this [D] has to be.
[A] We have to run from [Bm] man, the hunter, [E] never safe and never [A] free.
[D] People kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
Gentle is the elephant, [G] pulling loads and [D] everything.
We [A] love to hear the [Gb] children [Bm] laughing when [E] we're in the [A] circus ring.
[D] Happy was the elephant, [G] happy was his jungle [D] life.
And then [A] there came the [Bm] cruel hunter [E] with a rifle [A] and a knife.
People [D] kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
[Bb] [Eb]
Please listen, said [Ab] the elephant, if we [Eb] want the world we know to stay [Bb] alive,
then man and [Cm] beast, we must work together and [F] together we will [Bb] survive.
[Eb] This, said the elephant, [Ab] is [Eb] conservation time.
So take [Bb] the warning when [Cm] we trumpet [F] for the future [Bb] of mankind.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
Key:
D
A
Bb
Eb
E
D
A
Bb
_ _ _ _ _ _ Tell me, said the [D] elephant, _ [Db] tell me, brothers, [A] if you can,
why [Gb] all the world is full of creatures, [E] yet we go [Gb] in fear of man.
[Am] [D] Tell me, said the elephant, tell [G] me why this [D] has to be.
[A] We have to run from [Bm] man, the hunter, [E] never safe and never [A] free.
_ [D] People kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
Gentle is the elephant, _ [G] pulling loads and [D] everything.
We [A] love to hear the [Gb] children [Bm] laughing when [E] we're in the [A] circus ring.
[D] Happy was the elephant, [G] happy was his jungle [D] life.
And then [A] there came the [Bm] cruel hunter [E] with a rifle [A] and a knife.
People [D] kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Please listen, said [Ab] the elephant, if we [Eb] want the world we know to stay [Bb] alive,
then man and [Cm] beast, we must work together and [F] together we will [Bb] survive.
_ [Eb] This, said the elephant, [Ab] is _ [Eb] conservation time.
So take [Bb] the warning when [Cm] we trumpet [F] for the future [Bb] of mankind.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
why [Gb] all the world is full of creatures, [E] yet we go [Gb] in fear of man.
[Am] [D] Tell me, said the elephant, tell [G] me why this [D] has to be.
[A] We have to run from [Bm] man, the hunter, [E] never safe and never [A] free.
_ [D] People kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
Gentle is the elephant, _ [G] pulling loads and [D] everything.
We [A] love to hear the [Gb] children [Bm] laughing when [E] we're in the [A] circus ring.
[D] Happy was the elephant, [G] happy was his jungle [D] life.
And then [A] there came the [Bm] cruel hunter [E] with a rifle [A] and a knife.
People [D] kill without regret, although [A] they try but [D] jumbo death.
Let the world of man remember, let the children not forget.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Please listen, said [Ab] the elephant, if we [Eb] want the world we know to stay [Bb] alive,
then man and [Cm] beast, we must work together and [F] together we will [Bb] survive.
_ [Eb] This, said the elephant, [Ab] is _ [Eb] conservation time.
So take [Bb] the warning when [Cm] we trumpet [F] for the future [Bb] of mankind.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _