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Jungle Lullaby

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Listen to the song for strummyness and just run between the root notes
here and there to get that jungle blues feel... 
Lots of jazzy chord voicings in this, so I've done what I can 
from the record. Also, I think CW sometimes tunes down to Eb, 
but this is for standard tuning.
Chords used.
VERSE
E/  Adim0xx545
Am*     x0x555
      E7x7675x
E7/    B7x675x
CHORUS
       Cx32010
     C/G3x2010
      G7320001
C7add5  x32100
    Fmajx3321x
      B7x2120x
      Amx0221x
Dm*     x57765
F#dim7  xx4545
G#m7-5  32010x
     Em702203x
      Dmxx3231
    Gmaj3200xx
VERSE 1 
E/     Adim  Am*         E/     Adim  Am*      E/Adim  
   It was deep in the Jungles of Africa 
Am*          E/dim                       E7  E7/B  
   Where the bugs is thick as fleas
                         E7  E7/     B       E7  E7/B  
   And the heat will drive sane men crazy 
         E7  E7/            B  Am*      E/Adim  
   And the water's full o' disease 
Am*           E/        Adim  Am*       E/Adim  
   I went out walkin with a beautiful girl 
Am*           E/               Adim       E7  E7/B  
   Where the spotted honeysteppers fly 
        E7  E7/           B             E7  E7/B  
   We lay down under the bamboo trees 
             E7  E7/        B  Am*       G7  
   I sang that Jungle Lullaby        Oh
CHORUS
   C      C/G      C  C/G  
Sing-------ing, 
G7Swi----ngin, on a
         CC7add5       Fmaj  
Lazy afternoon in paradise 
FmajCroo---B7nin, 
FmajSwoo---Amnin. That
Dm*      F#dim7          G#m7-5   Em7  
Old time song, where the days are long,
DmIt's a GmajJungle LullaCby 
VERSE 2
Well we made it down to a riverbank, 
Spied a steamboat comin along, 
Then we hitched a ride, lawd, lookin over the side, 
Everything was goin on wrong, 
There was bird-eatin spiders, big as my fist, 
Snakes that hung down like vines 
And eyes that watched as we drifted along , 
I sang that Jungle Lullaby 
Singin, swingin, 
On a lazy afternoon in paradise 
Croonin, swoonin, 
That old time song, where the days are long, 
It's a Jungle Lullaby 
     (Just repeat chorus for the rest of the song)
Bom bow domp 
Bomp ow domp ay ohh 
lay dat omp 
Folks you know, when we got back into town that night, 
there was excitement in the air. 
I heard there was a party over at the Officers Club, 
so I took that girl on over, 
man, we walked in the joint, 
orchestra playin so sweet I thought I'd die. 
I got up on that old bandstand, 
sang that Jungle Lullaby.
Singin, swingin, 
On a lazy afternoon in paradise 
Croonin, swoonin, 
That old time song, where the days are long, 
It's a Jungle Lullaby

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Jungle Lullaby

by C.W. Stoneking

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Adim

C/G

Fmaj

G#m7

Em7

Gmaj

Listen to the song for strummyness and just run between the root notes

here and there to get that jungle blues feel...

Lots of jazzy chord voicings in this, so I've done what I can

from the record. Also, I think CW sometimes tunes down to Eb,

but this is for standard tuning.

Chords used.

VERSE

E Adim

/ 0xx545

* x0x555

x7675x

E7 B

/ 7x675x

CHORUS

x32010

C/G

3x2010

320001

C7add5 x32100

Fmaj

x3321x

x2120x

x0221x

* x57765

F#dim7 xx4545

G#m7

-5 32010x

Em7

02203x

xx3231

Gmaj

3200xx

VERSE 1

E Adim Am E Adim Am E Adim

/ * / * /

It was deep in the Jungles of Africa

Am E E7 E7 B

* /dim /

Where the bugs is thick as fleas

E7 E7 B E7 E7 B

/ /

And the heat will drive sane men crazy

E7 E7 B Am E Adim

/ * /

And the water's full o' disease

Am E Adim Am E Adim

* / * /

I went out walkin with a beautiful girl

Am E Adim E7 E7 B

* / /

Where the spotted honeysteppers fly

E7 E7 B E7 E7 B

/ /

We lay down under the bamboo trees

E7 E7 B Am G7

/ *

I sang that Jungle Lullaby Oh

CHORUS

C C/G C C G

Sing-------ing,

Swi----ngin, on a

C Fmaj

C7add5

Lazy afternoon in paradise

Fmaj B7

Croo---nin,

Fmaj Am

Swoo---nin. That

Dm G#m7 Em7

* F#dim7 -5

Old time song, where the days are long,

Dm Gmaj C

It's a Jungle Lullaby

VERSE 2

Well we made it down to a riverbank,

Spied a steamboat comin along,

Then we hitched a ride, lawd, lookin over the side,

Everything was goin on wrong,

There was bird-eatin spiders, big as my fist,

Snakes that hung down like vines

And eyes that watched as we drifted along ,

I sang that Jungle Lullaby

Singin, swingin,

On a lazy afternoon in paradise

Croonin, swoonin,

That old time song, where the days are long,

It's a Jungle Lullaby

(Just repeat chorus for the rest of the song)

Bom bow domp

Bomp ow domp ay ohh

lay dat omp

Folks you know, when we got back into town that night,

there was excitement in the air.

I heard there was a party over at the Officers Club,

so I took that girl on over,

man, we walked in the joint,

orchestra playin so sweet I thought I'd die.

I got up on that old bandstand,

sang that Jungle Lullaby.

Singin, swingin,

On a lazy afternoon in paradise

Croonin, swoonin,

That old time song, where the days are long,

It's a Jungle Lullaby

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