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The Jungle King (You Ain't A Doggone Thing easy guitar chords by
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing

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Intro 1
Em
Gm
F#m

F
Em
D
Cm
D


Verse 1
D
Bm
D

You call yourself the jungle king
Bm
G
D

You call yourself a jungle king
G

You call yourself a jungle king
Abdim
A

But I found out
F#m
A
D

you ain't a dog or a man

Said the monkey to the lion

on a bright summer day
Bm

There's a big bad cat
G
D

living down the way

He talks about your folks
G
Abdim

in a heck of a way
E
F#m

And a lot of oth er things
A
D

I'm afraid to say
A
D
Bm
D

The lion jumps up all full of rage
A
D
Bm
D

Like a Harlem cat that's left in his cage
Eb
D

He meets the elephant
Abdim
G
Abdim

up under a tree
D
A
F#m
A
D

And he said, big boys, either you or me
A
D

The elephant looks him over

from the corner of his eyes
Ebm
D
Bm

You better find someone
G
D
E

to fight that's more your size
D
Eb
D

The lion jumps up and
G

makes a fancy pass
Abdim
E

But the elephant knocks
D
F#m
A
D

him over in the grass
A
D

They fought all day, they fought all night
A
D
Bm

I don't know what happened,
D

but things got tight
A
D
G
Abdim

The lion came back more dead than alive
D

And that's when the monkey
F#m
A
D

really started his jive
Bm
D

You call yourself the Jungle King
Bm
G

You call yourself the Jungle King
A
D
G

You call yourself the Jungle King
Abdim
E
A
D
Em

But I found out you ain't a doggone thing
D
Em
D
Bm
D
A
D
Em
D

G
Abdim
E
A

G
D
Bm

Well, he waked up his temper
D
A

when he's jumping up and down
D
Ebdim
D

and his foot missed the limb
Em

and his head hit the ground
A
D

like a bolt of lightning and
G

a streak of heat.
Abdim
E
D

The lion was on him with all four feet
A
D
Bm

but the monkey looked up
D
G
D

from the corner of his eyes and said,
Bm
D
Eb

Mr. Lion, I apologize.
D

The monkey's on his back
G

studying up a scheme.
Abdim
E
D
E
D

He's trying to get rid of that jungle king.
A
D
Bm
D
G

You bear with me and I wish you would.
D
E
A

I'll tear you up all over the woods.
D

The lion jumps up and
Abdim

squares off for a fight

but the monkey
D
E

jumped completely out of sight
D
A
D
A
Abdim

so if you bother me again
E
D
A
D
E
A
D
Bm
Em

I'll turn you over to my elephant friend
A

D
Bm
E
A
D
G

Abdim
A
D
G
Gm

A
D


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Chords
  • Em

  • Gm

    3
  • F#m

    2
  • F

  • D

  • Cm

    3
  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Abdim

    6
  • A

  • E

  • Eb

    6
  • Ebm

    6
  • Ebdim

Capo: 3

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