I Could Be Anything chords by Violent Femmes
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Verse 1
(D major) Oh, I could (G major) be this or (C major) I could be (G major) that
I could (D major) pull an (G major) elephant (D major) out of a hat
(G major) I could slay a dragon or (C major) I could be a (G major) king
I could be (D major) anything (G major)
I am at (F major) occi
Verse 2
(G major) dental in the land of
dragon's breath
Where they are not (F major) orna (G major) mental
but are real as (F major) life or (G major) death
Where they terror (B flat major) ize the (G minor) populist (G major) s,
the people point (B flat major) with (G minor) fear
(F major) For (G minor) dragons (B flat major) have no (G minor) thoughtful (F major) ness,
their (G major) egos (B flat major) are severe (F major)
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Verse 3
My (G major) 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,
espe (D major) cially when I'm bored
Verse 4
I met (D major) him (G minor) in the (C minor) open to
fight him fair and square (G minor)
His mouth he held wide (C minor) open,
putrefying the (G minor) air
He blazed such fearful (C minor) fires,
people thought (C major) I was (G minor) dead
But my courage engine fires
and I (D major) chopped off his head
Verse 5
Oh, (G major) I could (D major) do this (G major) (D major) or (C major) I could do (G major) that
(D major) I (G major) could (D major) pull an (G major) elephant (D major) out of a hat
(G major) I could slay a dragon or
(C major) I could be a king (G major) (D major)
(G major) I (D major) could (G major) do (D major) anything (G major)
Verse 6
The (D major) people (F major) they all (G major) cheered and they
gave out (F major) quite a (G major) whoop
For the dragon (F major) they had (G major) feared had
been turned to (F major) dragon (G major) poop
We partied (B flat major) all (G minor) day (F major) and we (G major) partied (B flat major) all (G minor) night
(F major) They (G major) held a royal (B flat major) (G minor) festival (F major) where
the (G major) king made (B flat major) me a (F major) knight
Thy (G major) 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
Sir Bongo for (D major) all eternity
Thy name shall be Sir (G major) Bongo
The (G minor) following peace and
Verse 8
(C minor) de votional
was solemn and sub (G minor) lime
The king got all emotional and he
said (D major) "All I have is Thine
(C major) Take my only daughter, the princess fair
(G major) And (C major) with all my treasure (G major) you'll
make a royal pair
She's (C major) so beautiful and so true,
she will (D major) be your (F major) bride
To have a son- (C major) in- law like you
would give me (G major) great pride
(D major) And (G major) now I (D major) can be (G major) gin with
(D major) my re (C major) tirement (G major) plan (D major)
(G major) Now I (D major) know the kingdom (G major) (D major) rests
Verse 9
in your sure hands"
(D major)
Now from (B flat major) the moun (G major) tains to the plains,
the Missis (G minor) sippi to the Con (G major) go
(G minor) The whole world (G major) knows the name of the of
(G minor) the g- g- g- good King (F major) Bongo
Now from the moun (G major) tains (G minor) to the plain (F major) s,
Missis (G major) sippi to the (F major) Congo
The whole (G major) world knows the name
of the of the (D major) great Sir King Bongo
The (C major) great King (D major) Bongo
Verse 10
(G major) I could do this (D major) or (C major) I could be (G major) that (D major)
(G major) I could pull an elephant (D major) out of a hat
(G major) I could slay (D major) a (G major) dragon or (C major) I could be a king (G major)
I could (D major) (G major) do (D major) anything
(G major) Oh, (D major)
Verse 11
(G major) I could (D major) do this (G major) or (C major) I could do (G major) that (D major)
I could put that (G major) elephant
(D major) right back in his hat
(G major) I could slay (D major) a (G major) dragon or
(C major) I could be a (G major) king (D major)
(G major) I could be (D major) anything (G major)
(D major) (G major) I could (D major) (G major) be (D major) anything (G major)
I (D major) could (G major) be (D major) anything
(D major) Bon (G major) go
I Could Be Anything
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