Englebert The Elephant chords by
Val Doonican

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Key: D major

Verse 1
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When the King and Queen
decided they would have
a formal dance
Em Em 
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A A 
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Invitations were delivered
and it happened quite by chance
G G 
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Through an oversight of
D D 
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someone's who it was,
I can't recall
A A 
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But Engelbert the Elephant
D D 
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was invited to the ball
What excitement in the jungle,
what a holy hullabaloo
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What a race to find a costume
and to learn a step or two
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You could feel the jungle shaking
D D 
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and I guess it's shaking yet
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Since Engelbert the elephant
learned to dance the minuet
D D 
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All the palace lamps were lighted
as the sun was going down
A A 
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And the music of the orchestra
was heard across the town
G G 
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The dance was just beginning
D D 
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when there came a mighty roar
A A 
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Your Highness,
there's an elephant!
D D 
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And he's standing at the door
So the guards jumped
out from everywhere
They came from every place
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A A 
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To where Engelbert was standing
With a smile upon his face
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He was dressed in latest fashion
D D 
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On his trunk he wore a ring
A A 
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And presented his invitation
D D 
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With the seal of the king
So the soldiers formed an escort
And they led him to the ball
A A 
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Where the orchestra stopped playing
and a hush went through the hall
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The King and Queen were speechless
D D 
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and I guess they're speechless now
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Cos Engelbert the Elephant
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made a very lovely bell
Then the Queen began to smile at him
and the band began to play
A A 
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And Engelbert was dancing
in the very nicest way
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The ladies were delighted
D D 
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at the way he turned his bun
A A 
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And before the night was over
he had danced with everyone
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When they all sat down to dinner
Englebert sat on the floor
A A 
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He niddled most politely
though he really wanted more
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When the final dance was called
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for such a sight you've never seen
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For it was by the royal command
D D 
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and he danced it with the Queen
And when the ball was over
and the guests began to go
A A 
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They escorted him to the city gates
and they gave him quite a show
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For the band had come along with them
D D 
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and the band began to play
A A 
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And the way he danced
along the road
is talked about today
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G G 
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Yes, they talked about his dancing
D D 
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and I know they're talking yet
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Of how Engelbert the elephant
performed the minuet
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