| G | G7 | |
| An | effervescing elephant with | tiny eyes and great big trunk |
| C | C7 | |
| once | whispered to the tiny ear, the | ear of one in fear, you hear |
| G | |
| that | by next June he'd die, Oh yeah! |
| D | |
| And the tiger would | roam, the little one said, |
| D7 | |
| "Oh my | goodness -- I must stay at home! |
| G | G7 | |
| And | every time I hear a growl, I'll | know the tiger's on the prowl, |
| C | C7 | |
| And | I'll be really safe, you know, the e | lephant, he told me so." |
| G | |
| Everyone was nervous, Oh yeah! |
| D | D7 | |
| And the message was | spread to zebra, mongoose and the d | irty hippopotamus |
| G | G7 | |
| who | wallowed in the mud and chewed his | spicy hippo-plankton food |
| C | |
| and | tended to ignore the word, |
| C7 | G | |
| ref | erring to a survey I heard of | stupid water bison |
| D | |
| Oh yeah! And all the jungle took | fright, |
| D7 | |
| and ran around for all the | day and the night, |
| G | |
| But all in | vain because, you see, the tiger came and said, |
| G7 | C | |
| "Who | me? You know I | wouldn't hurt not one of you -- |
| C | G | |
| I | much prefer something to chew, and | you're all too scant." |
| C | D | G | |
| Oh | yeah! He ate the | elep | hant. |