Jumbo chords by
Jeff Wilkinson
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Key: G major
Verse 1
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B

Jumbo's legs were tall and thin
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When he walked upon
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the Dark Continent
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Captured by those who would
treat him cruel
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Bought a one -way ticket to the London Zoo
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B

E
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Gentle Jumbo became his name
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E
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As the children rode upon his mane
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The towering monarch
of his mighty race
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The greatest show on the hit parade
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B

Whose mighty feet do shake the earth
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E

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And cause the cloud of sore dust and dirt
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I ain't running away, I ain't going home
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E

I'm going down to see
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B

Jum bo's bones
Now the gentle giant became violent
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E

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And tore his tusk in a raging fit
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Mr. P .T. Bottom of Connecticut
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E

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Bought old Jumbo for his circus tit
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When the cries of England
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could do no more
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Jumbo left for the Yankee shore
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The towering monarch
of his mighty race
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E

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The greatest show of the hip parade
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B

Whose mighty feet do shake the earth
E
E

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And cause the cloud of sawdust and dirt
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B

I ain't running away, I ain't going home
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E

I'm going down to see
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B
B

E
E

Jum bo's bones
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E
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And he's go ing away
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To America
Interlude 1
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E
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Now it
Verse 2
walks up Broadway,
the greatest show
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Amazing crowds from coast to coast
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So once a day in Ontario,
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B
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a mighty train did lay it low
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B
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Pennies, whistles, and silver coins
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were all that jumbled
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B
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Left behind the towering monarch
of his mighty race
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E

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F#

The greatest show on the hit parade
B
B

Whose mighty feet do shake the earth
E
E

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F#

And cause the cloud of sore dust and dirt?
B
B

I ain't running away, I ain't going
E
E

F#
F#

I'm going down to see Jum bo's bones
B
B

E
E

I'm going down to see
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F#

B
B

Jum bo's bones
E
E

B
B

E
E

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F#

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