effervescing elephant chords by
Syd Barrett
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Key: G major

Verse 1

An effervescing elephant

With tiny eyes, and great big trunk

Once whispered to the tiny ears

The ears of one inferior

Verse 2
F F 
 
That by next June he'd die, oh yeah!
C C 
 
Because the tiger would roam
And the little one said oh my
Dm Dm 
 
goodness I must stay at home
C C 
 
F F 
 
And every time I hear a growl

Verse 3
F F 
 
C C 
 
I'll know the tiger's on the prowl
Bb Bb 
 
but I'll be really safe you know
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
The elephant he told me so
C C 
 
F F 
 
And everyone was nervy, oh yeah!
C C 
 
And the message was spread

Verse 4
To zebra, mongoose,
and the dirty hippopotamus
F F 
 
C C 
 
Who wallowed in the mud and chewed
F F 
 
C C 
 
His spicy hippo plankton food

Verse 5

And tended to ignore the word

Preferring to survey a herd

Of stupid water bison, oh yeah!

And all the jungle took fright

Verse 6
C C 
 
And ran around for all
the day and the night
F F 
 
But all in vain because you see
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
The tiger came and said who me,
Bb Bb 
 
You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you

Verse 7

I much prefer something to chew

and You're all too scant, oh yeah!

He ate the elephant

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsF C Bb Dm

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