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Water For The Elephants chords by Dan Zanes And Friends

  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • C#

    4
  • G

  • Em

Verse 1
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["Circus Man"]
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Circus came to town
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and to the circus I went
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Didn't have a ticket,
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didn't have a cent
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Circus man said to see the
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show without a cent
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You got to carry water for the elephants
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So I carried wa ter for the elephants
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Back and forth to the well I went
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My feet got sore, my back got bent
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But I couldn't fill up the elephant
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s
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Sid to the man with a standing up collar
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Sid bit two bits,
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the elephant is hollering
Circus man Sid, where first you'll see
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The animals in the menagerie
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First saw the lion and lion he roared
Roar!
Saw the wild duck
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and the wild duck quacked
Quack, quack, quack, quack
Saw the wild cat, the wild cat meowed
Saw the old crow, the old crow cawed
Saw Mr. Possum sitting on a limb
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Big black bear sitting next to him
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Saw the old monkey like in a zoo
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The rooster says cock -a -doodle
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-doo
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Saw the hippopotamus
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splash in the water
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Trying to flirt with the cro
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codile's daughter
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Saw the giraffe and the big kangaroo
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Saw an old owl howl,
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whoo -hoo -hoo
Saw the wild birds
and the birds sang sweet
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Saw the wild dogs
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and the wild dogs barked
Saw the cuckoo and the cuckoo cooed
Saw the hyena and the hyena laughed
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I went down to the circus tent,
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the show ran doggone glad I went
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They saw the whole show
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didn't cost a cent,
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because it carried water for the
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elephants
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you
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