Water For The Elephants chords by Dan Zanes And Friends

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Verse 1
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 (D major) ["Circus Man"]  (A major)  (D major) 
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Circus came to  (F sharp minor) town
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and to the  (A major) circus  (D major) I  went
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Didn't have a  (F sharp minor) ticket,
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 (D major) didn't  (A major) have a  (D major) cent
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Circus man said  (F sharp minor) to  (D major) see the
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 (A major) show without  (D major) a cent
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You  (A major) got to carry water for the ele (C sharp major) phant (D major) s
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So I carried  (F sharp minor) wa    ter for  (D major) the  (A major) ele (D major) phants
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Back and  (F sharp minor) forth to  (D major) the  (A major) well I  (D major) went
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My feet got  (F sharp minor) sore, my back  (A major) got  (D major) bent
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But  (A major) I couldn't fill up the elephant
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 (D major) s   (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (C sharp major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Sid to the man with a  (A major) standing up  (D major) collar
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Sid bit two bit (F sharp minor) s,
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the  (D major) elephant is hollering
Circus man Sid, where first you'll see
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The  (A major) animals in the menagerie  (D major) 
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First saw the lion and  (G major) lion  (D major) he roared
Roar!
Saw the wild duck
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and the wild  (G major) duck  (D major) 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  (A major) bear  (F sharp minor) sit (D major) ting next to him
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Saw  (G major) the old monkey like  (D major) in a zoo
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 (E minor) The  (A major) rooster says cock -a -doodle
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-doo  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (C sharp major) 
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Saw the hippopotamus
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splash  (A major) in the  (D major) water
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Trying to flirt with  (F sharp minor) the  (A major) cro
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codile's  (D major) daughter
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Saw  (G major) the giraffe and the  (D major) big kangaroo
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 (A major) Saw an old owl howl,
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whoo -hoo  (D major) -hoo  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
Saw the wild birds
and the birds sang sweet
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Saw the wild  (F sharp minor) dogs
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 (D major) 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  (A major) circus  (D major) tent,
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the show ran doggone glad I  (A major) went
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 (D major) They  (G major) saw the whole show
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didn't cost a cent,  (E minor) 
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because  (A major) it carried water for the
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elephants  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (D major) you