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I Could Be Anything chords by
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes

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Verse 1
D
G
C
G

Oh, I could be this or I could be that
D
G
D

I could pull an elephant out of a hat
G
C
G

I could slay a dragon or I could be a king
D
G

I could be anything
F
I am at occi
Verse 2
G

dental in the land of

dragon's breath
F
G

Where they are not ornamental
F
G

but are real as life or death
Bb
Gm
G

Where they terrorize the populists,
Bb
Gm

the people point with fear
F
Gm
Bb
Gm
F

For dragons have no thoughtfulness,
G
Bb
F

their egos are severe
Verse 3
G

My name is Bongo and I may be small

I am the bravest man of them all

I'll fight the fearful dragon,

I'll kill him with my sword

I always fight big dragons,
D

especially when I'm bored
Verse 4
D
Gm
Cm

I met him in the open to
Gm

fight him fair and square
Cm

His mouth he held wide open,
Gm

putrefying the air
Cm

He blazed such fearful fires,
C
Gm

people thought I was dead

But my courage engine fires
D

and I chopped off his head
Verse 5
G
D
G
D
C
G

Oh, I could do this or I could do that
D
G
D
G
D

I could pull an elephant out of a hat
G

I could slay a dragon or
C
G
D

I could be a king
G
D
G
D
G

I could do anything
Verse 6
D
F
G

The people they all cheered and they
F
G

gave out quite a whoop
F
G

For the dragon they had feared had
F
G

been turned to dragon poop
Bb
Gm
F
G
Bb
Gm

We partied all day and we partied all night
F
G
Bb
Gm
F

They held a royal festival where
G
Bb
F

the king made me a knight
G
Thy name was Bongo
Verse 7

but

that no more shall stay

You once were simply Bongo

but now my Knight today

Sir Bongo, I now dub thee
D

Sir Bongo for all eternity
G

Thy name shall be Sir Bongo
Gm
The following peace and
Verse 8
Cm

de votional
Gm

was solemn and sublime

The king got all emotional and he
D

said "All I have is Thine
C

Take my only daughter, the princess fair
G
C
G

And with all my treasure you'll

make a royal pair
C

She's so beautiful and so true,
D
F

she will be your bride
C

To have a son- in- law like you
G

would give me great pride
D
G
D
G

And now I can begin with
D
C
G
D

my retirement plan
G
D
G
D

Now I know the kingdom rests
Verse 9

in your sure hands"
D

Bb
G

Now from the mountains to the plains,
Gm
G

the Mississippi to the Congo
Gm
G

The whole world knows the name of the of
Gm
F

the g- g- g- good King Bongo
G
Gm
F

Now from the mountains to the plains,
G
F

Mississippi to the Congo
G

The whole world knows the name
D

of the of the great Sir King Bongo
C
D

The great King Bongo
Verse 10

G
D
C
G
D

I could do this or I could be that
G
D

I could pull an elephant out of a hat
G
D
G
C
G

I could slay a dragon or I could be a king
D
G
D

I could do anything
G
D
Oh,
Verse 11
G
D
G
C
G
D

I could do this or I could do that
G

I could put that elephant
D

right back in his hat
G
D
G

I could slay a dragon or
C
G
D

I could be a king
G
D
G

I could be anything
D
G
D
G
D
G

I could be anything
D
G
D

I could be anything
D
G

Bongo

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