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Talk to the Animals chords by Sammy Davis, Jr.

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • C

  • F

  • Eb

    6
  • Dm

  • Em

  • Am

  • E

  • Ab

    4
  • Ebm

    6
  • Db

    4
  • Fm

  • Bb

  • Bbm

  • F#

    2
Intro 1
G
A
D
G
C
F
Eb
G
Oh, if I could
Verse 1
Dm
G
talk to the animals,
Dm
G
just imagine it
C
G
Chatting with a chimp in
C
chimpanzee
Dm
G
Imagine talking to a tiger,
Em
A
chatting with a cheetah
D
G
What a neat achievement it would be

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Verse 2
Dm
G
If we could talk to the animals
and learn their languages
C
F
C
Maybe take an animal degree
Dm
G
I'd study elephant and eagle,
Em
A
buffalo and beagle
D
G
Alligator, guinea pig and flea
Verse 3
G
C
F
I would converse in polar bear and python
G
C
F
I would curse in fluent kangaroo
Am
If people asked me,
A
D
G
"Can you speak rhinoceros?"
I'd say,
D
G
"Of courserous, can't you?"
Verse 4
G
Dm
G
If I conferred with our furry friends,
Dm
G
man to animal
C
Think of the amazing repartee
Dm
G
If I could walk with the animals
A
and talk with the animals
D
E
Am
Grunt, squeak and squawk
D
with the animals
Dm
F
G
F
And lord, they could talk to me
Interlude 1
C
G
A
D
G
C
Verse 5
Dm
G
If I could talk to the animals
Dm
G
C
Think what fun we'd have asking
over crocodiles for tea
Dm
G
Or maybe lunch with two or three lions,
Em
A
walruses and sea lions
D
G
What a lovely place the world would be
Verse 6
Dm
G
If I spoke slang to orangutan, oh
The advantages,
C
any fool on earth can plainly see
G
Discussing Eastern art and dramas
Em
A
with intellectual llamas
D
G
That's a big step forward you'll agree
Verse 7
G
C
F
I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
C
F
My Pekingese would be extremely good
Am
A
D
G
If I were asked to sing in hippopotamus
D
G
I'd say, "Whynotamous and I would"
Ab
If you stop
Verse 8
Ebm
Ab
and think of it,
Ebm
Ab
there's no doubt of it
Db
I could win a place in history
Ebm
Ab
If I could walk with the animals
Fm
Bb
and talk with the animals
Ebm
F
Grunt, squeak,
Bbm
Ebm
squawk with the animals
Fm
F#
Fm
And they could squeak and squawk and
Ebm
Fm
F#
Ab
speak and talk to me
Db
F#
Verse 9
Db
F#
Db
They would talk to me, yeah,
F#
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Db
The animals and me,
can't you see me with them?
We're walking like friends
Talking like [Incomprehensible]
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