effervescing elephant chords by
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett

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Key: G major
Verse 1
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An effervescing elephant
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With tiny eyes, and great big trunk
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Once whispered to the tiny ears
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The ears of one inferior
Verse 2
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That by next June he'd die, oh yeah!
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Because the tiger would roam
And the little one said oh my
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goodness I must stay at home
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And every time I hear a growl
Verse 3
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I'll know the tiger's on the prowl
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but I'll be really safe you know
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The elephant he told me so
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And everyone was nervy, oh yeah!
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And the message was spread
Verse 4
To zebra, mongoose,
and the dirty hippopotamus
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Who wallowed in the mud and chewed
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His spicy hippo plankton food
Verse 5
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And tended to ignore the word
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Preferring to survey a herd
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Of stupid water bison, oh yeah!
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And all the jungle took fright
Verse 6
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And ran around for all
the day and the night
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But all in vain because you see
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The tiger came and said who me,
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You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you
Verse 7
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I much prefer something to chew
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and You're all too scant, oh yeah!
He ate the elephant
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