{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1461932,"song":"Civilization","artist":"Danny Kaye","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11261667-civilization-chords-by-danny-kaye/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1461932?type=chord","rating":4.73639,"votes":33,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Db[/ch]                                        [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nEach morning, a missionary advertise with neon sign[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Db[/ch]                     [ch]Fm6[/ch]             [ch]Ebm7[/ch]\r\nHe tells the native population that civilization is fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab7[/ch]                                   [ch]Ab7[/ch]  [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nAnd three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree[/tab]\r\n (Eeeee! Ah-loh-kee-hah-tah-sah-nah.)\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab7[/ch]                     [ch]Ab7[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ebm7[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nThat civilization is a thing for me  to  see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]                                                         [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nSo bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo, oh-no-no-no-no-no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                                         [ch]Fm6[/ch]       [ch]Ebm7[/ch]         [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nBingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Ab7[/ch]                                               [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nDon't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]                               [ch]Ab7[/ch]              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Db[/ch]                                              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nI looked through a magazine the missionary's wife conceals[/tab]\r\n (A magazine? What happens?)\r\n[tab]          [ch]Db[/ch]                                     [ch]Fm6[/ch]   [ch]Ebm7[/ch]  [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nI see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles[/tab]\r\n (You know you can get hurt that way Daniel?)\r\n[tab]       [ch]Ab7[/ch]                         [ch]Ab7[/ch]                  [ch]Ab7[/ch]!\r\nAt the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see[/tab]\r\n (What do they see Danny?)\r\n[tab]  [ch]Ab7[/ch]                             [ch]Ab7[/ch]  [ch]Ab7[/ch]     [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ebm7[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nUncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]                                                         [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nSo bongo, bongo, bongo he don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                                         [ch]Fm6[/ch]       [ch]Ebm7[/ch]         [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nBingle, bangle, bungle he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Ab7[/ch]                                    [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nDon't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]                               [ch]Ab7[/ch]              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n(So no matter how they coax him), I'll stay right here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Db[/ch]                                       [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nThey hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train[/tab]\r\n (The Tring-galing-ahoo-laham-bah-la Express)\r\n[tab]                [ch]Db[/ch]                                       [ch]Fm6[/ch]        [ch]Ebm7[/ch]  [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nAnd though it's smokey and it's crowded they're too civilized to complain[/tab]\r\n (Ah-lo-ke-do-ho-saw-he-ma-he-na)\r\n[tab]             [ch]Ab7[/ch]                         [ch]Ab7[/ch]                       [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nWhen they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds[/tab]\r\n (What do they do Danny?)\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab7[/ch]                                   [ch]Ab7[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ebm7[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nThey swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]                                                         [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nSo bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                                         [ch]Fm6[/ch]       [ch]Ebm7[/ch]         [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nBingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Ab7[/ch]                                          [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nDon't want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]                               [ch]Ab7[/ch]             [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n(So no matter how they coax him), I'll stay right here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Db[/ch]                   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nThey have things like the atom bomb[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nSo I think I'll stay where I \"ahm\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Ebm7[/ch]  [ch]Ab7[/ch]                [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Ebm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nCivilization,   I'll stay right here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------------------------|\r\nB|-9--11-9----------------6-----|\r\nG|---------11--10-8--6-5----6---|\r\nD|------------------------------|\r\nA|----------------------------4-|\r\nE|------------------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n (Eeeee! Ah-loh-kee-hah-tah-sah-nah.)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n (A magazine? What happens?)\n\n (You know you can get hurt that way Daniel?)\n\n (What do they see Danny?)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n (The Tring-galing-ahoo-laham-bah-la Express)\n\n (Ah-lo-ke-do-ho-saw-he-ma-he-na)\n\n (What do they do Danny?)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Db","Fm6","Ebm7","Ab7","A","B7","Bb7","Dm7","Em7","Fm7","B","G","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}