Engelbert The Elephant
Engelbert The Elephant

Engelbert The Elephant easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    When 
    the 
    King 
    and 
    Queen 
    decided 

    They 
    would 
    have 
    a 
    formal 
    dance 

    Invitations 
    were 
    delivered 

    And 
    it 
    happened 
    quite 
    by 
    chance 

    Through 
    an oversight 
    of 
    someone's 

    Whose 
    it 
    was 
    I 
    can't 
    recall 

    Engelbert 
    the 
    elephant 

    Was invited 
    to 
    the 
    ball 

    What 
    excitement 
    in 
    the 
    jungle 

    What 
    a 
    holy 
    hullabaloo 

    What a 
    race 
    to 
    find 
    a 
    costume 

    And 
    to 
    learn 
    a 
    step 
    or 
    two 

    You could 
    feel 
    the 
    jungle 
    shaking 

    And I 
    bet it's 
    shaking 
    yet 

    While 
    Engelbert 
    was 
    learning 

    How 
    to 
    dance 
    the 
    minuet 

    All 
    the 
    palace 
    lamps 
    were 
    lighted 

    As 
    the 
    sun 
    was 
    goin' 
    down 

    And the 
    music 
    of the 
    orchestra 

    Was 
    heard 
    across 
    the 
    town 

    The 
    dance 
    was 
    just 
    beginning 

    When 
    there 
    came 
    a 
    mighty 
    roar 

    Your 
    Highness 
    - there's 

    an 
    elephant 

    And he's 
    standing 
    by 
    the 
    door 

    Then 
    the 
    guard 
    turned 
    out 

    from 
    everywhere 

    They 
    came 
    from 
    every 
    place 

    To where 
    Engelbert 
    was standing 

    With 
    a smile 
    upon 
    his face 

    He was 
    dressed 
    in 
    latest 
    fashion 

    On 
    his 
    trunk 
    he 
    wore 
    a 
    ring 

    He presen
    ted 
    his 
    invitation 

    With 
    the 
    seal 
    of 
    the 
    King 

    So 
    the 
    soldiers 
    formed 
    an 
    escort 

    And 
    they 
    led 
    him 
    to 
    the 
    ball 

    Where the 
    orchestra 
    stopped 
    playing 

    And a 
    hush 
    went 
    through the 
    hall 

    For the 
    King 
    and Queen 
    were 
    speechless 

    And 
    I'm sure 
    they're speechless 

    now 

    Engelbert 
    the 
    elephant 

    Made 
    a 
    very 
    lovely 
    bow 

    Then 
    the 
    Queen 
    began 
    to smile 
    at 
    him 

    The 
    band 
    began 
    to 
    play 

    And 
    Engelbert 
    was 
    dancing 

    In 
    the 
    very 
    nicest 
    way 

    The 
    ladies 
    were 
    delighted 

    At 
    the 
    way 
    he 
    turned 
    and spun 

    And 
    be
    fore 
    the 
    night 
    was 
    over 

    He 
    had 
    danced 
    with 
    every
    one 

    When 
    they 
    sat 
    down 
    to 
    dinner 

    Engelbert 
    sat 
    on 
    the 
    floor 

    He 
    nibbled 
    most 
    politely 

    Though 
    he 
    really 
    wanted 
    more 

    When the 
    final 
    dance 
    was 
    called 
    for 

    Such 
    a 
    sight 
    you've 
    never 
    seen 

    For 
    it 
    was 
    by 
    the 
    royal 
    command 

    He 
    danced 
    it 
    with 
    the 
    Queen 

    And 
    when 
    the 
    ball 
    was 
    over 

    And 
    the 
    guests 
    began 
    to 
    go 

    They es
    corted 
    him 
    to the 
    city 
    gates 

    And he 
    gave 
    'em 
    quite 
    a 
    show 

    For the 
    band 
    had 
    come 

    along 
    with 
    them 

    And the 
    band 
    began 
    to 
    play 

    And the 
    dance 
    he 
    did 
    along 
    the 
    road 

    Is 
    talked 
    about 
    today 

    Yes 
    they 
    talked 
    about 
    the 
    dancing 

    And 
    you 
    know 
    they're 
    talkin' 
    yet 

    Of 
    how 
    Engelbert 
    the 
    elephant 

    Performed 
    the 
    min
    uet 

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