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Notes: The bass for most of the chords is doing an "Oompah" kind of rhythm of quarter notes alternating 
between the root and fifth of the chord. For example on the F chord, the bass is playing F,C,F,C 
and for the C chord, it plays C,G,C,G, etc. I'm going to write those out as F and F/C, C and C/G, etc.  
The easiest way to play that is to play the all the chords as barre chords and move your first finger to 
get the changing bass notes. There's a lot of little bass runs between chords too, but they're easy. 
You can figure them out on your own, just use your ears.
INTRO (0.00)
(Single Notes)  C   D  E  
SECTION A (0:03)
FElephant, F/Celephant,
Big and strong and gentle and in - Ctelligent, C/Gintelligent.
How could I feel blue? I’ve got my Asister at my Dside
And an Gelephant to Cride.
Oh, Felephant, F/Celephant,
You’re sad and in a cage, but that’s ir - Crelevant, C/Girrelevant.
’Cause everyone is jealous when they Asee me riding Dby,
On a Gfriend of such of great Csize.
SECTION B (0:24)
BbOther Bb/Fkids ride bikes, that’s true,
Or Fdaddies F/Cpick them Dup from D/Aschool,
But Gthat won’t G/Ddo for me you understand. (Understand)
COther C/Gkids have horses, Fother F/Ckids have dogs,
COther C/Gkids have hamsters, Fother F/Ckids have frogs.
But the Dpet for me is something much more Ggrand!
(0:49) REPEAT INTRO, THEN SECTION A TWO TIMES FOR THE SOLO
SECTION B (1:13)
BbOther Bb/Fkids ride bikes, that’s true,
Or Fdaddies F/Cpick them Dup from D/Aschool,
But Gthat won’t G/Ddo for me you understand. (Understand)
COther C/Gkids have horses, Fother F/Ckids have dogs,
COther C/Gkids have hamsters, Fother F/Ckids have frogs.
But the Dpet for me is something much more Ggrand!
And benevolent, and elegant...
(Single Notes)         C     D  E  
               And I’ve got an 
(1:48)
Felephant, F/Celephant,
Riding on your back I’m in my Celement, C/Gelement.
It’s true and it’s a fact that there is Aso much you can Dlearn,
When you’re Gon a pachy - Cderm.
Oh, Bbelephant, Bb/Felephant,
Life’s not so bad, it’s swell of it to Fgive me F/Csuch a Dfriend.
Oh, Gelephant, elephant, I’m Cwith you to the Fend!F/C  D  
Gelephant, elephant, I'm Cwith you to the Bbend!F  
Goodnight, elephant!

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Elephant Elephant

by Evelyn Evelyn

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/C

C/G

Bb/F

D/A

G/D

Notes: The bass for most of the chords is doing an "Oompah" kind of rhythm of quarter notes alternating

between the root and fifth of the chord. For example on the F chord, the bass is playing F,C,F,C

and for the C chord, it plays C,G,C,G, etc. I'm going to write those out as F and F/C, C and C/G, etc.

The easiest way to play that is to play the all the chords as barre chords and move your first finger to

get the changing bass notes. There's a lot of little bass runs between chords too, but they're easy.

You can figure them out on your own, just use your ears.

INTRO (0.00)

C D E

(Single Notes)

SECTION A (0:03)

F F/C

Elephant, elephant,

C C/G

Big and strong and gentle and in - telligent, intelligent.

A D

How could I feel blue? I’ve got my sister at my side

G C

And an elephant to ride.

F F/C

Oh, elephant, elephant,

C C/G

You’re sad and in a cage, but that’s ir - relevant, irrelevant.

A D

’Cause everyone is jealous when they see me riding by,

G C

On a friend of such of great size.

SECTION B (0:24)

Bb Bb/F

Other kids ride bikes, that’s true,

F F/C D D/A

Or daddies pick them up from school,

G G/D

But that won’t do for me you understand. (Understand)

C C/G F F/C

Other kids have horses, other kids have dogs,

C C/G F F/C

Other kids have hamsters, other kids have frogs.

D G

But the pet for me is something much more grand!

(0:49) REPEAT INTRO, THEN SECTION A TWO TIMES FOR THE SOLO

SECTION B (1:13)

Bb Bb/F

Other kids ride bikes, that’s true,

F F/C D D/A

Or daddies pick them up from school,

G G/D

But that won’t do for me you understand. (Understand)

C C/G F F/C

Other kids have horses, other kids have dogs,

C C/G F F/C

Other kids have hamsters, other kids have frogs.

D G

But the pet for me is something much more grand!

And benevolent, and elegant...

C D E

(Single Notes)

And I’ve got an

(1:48)

F F/C

elephant, elephant,

C C/G

Riding on your back I’m in my element, element.

A D

It’s true and it’s a fact that there is so much you can learn,

G C

When you’re on a pachy - derm.

Bb Bb/F

Oh, elephant, elephant,

F F/C D

Life’s not so bad, it’s swell of it to give me such a friend.

G C F F/C D

Oh, elephant, elephant, I’m with you to the end!

G C Bb F

elephant, elephant, I'm with you to the end!

Goodnight, elephant!

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