The Jungle King (You Ain't A Doggone Thing) chords by Count Basie Orchestra
Intro 1
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Verse 1
You call yourself
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the jungle king
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You call yourself a jungle king
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You call yourself a jungle king
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But I found out you ain't a dog or a man
Said the monkey to the lion
on a bright summer day
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There's a big bad cat
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living down the way
He talks about your folks
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in a heck of a way
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And a lot of other thing
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s I'm afraid to say
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The lion jumps up all full of rage
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Like a Harlem cat that's left in his cage
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He meets the elephant up under a tree
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And he said, big boys, either you or me
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The elephant looks him over
from the corner of his eyes
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You better find someone
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to fight that's more your size
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The lion jumps up and
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makes a fancy pass
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But the elephant knocks
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him over in the grass
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They fought all day, they fought all night
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I don't know what happened,
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but things got tight
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The lion came back more dead than alive
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And that's when the monkey
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really started his jive
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You call yourself the Jungle King,
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you call yourself the Jungle King,
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you call yourself the Jungle King,
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but I've found out you ain't a doggone thing.
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Well, he waked up his temper
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when he's jumping up and down
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and his foot missed the limb
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and his head hit the ground
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like a bolt of lightning an
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d a streak of heat.
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The lion was on him
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with all four feet,
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but the monkey looked up
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from the corner of his eyes,
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said now Mr. Lion, I apologize.
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The monkey's on his back
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studying up a scheme,
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he's trying to get rid of that jungle king.
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You bear with me, and I wish you would,
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I'll tear you up all over the woods.
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The lion jumps up and
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squares off for a fight
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But the monkey jumped completely
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out of sight
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So if you bother me again
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I'll turn you over to my elephant friend
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You call yourself the Jungle King
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You call yourself the Jungle King
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You call yourself the Jungle King
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But I found out you ain't
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a normal thing
Outro 1
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The Jungle King (You Ain't A Doggone Thing)
Count Basie Orchestra
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