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Topic: Cecil's Tragedy

Cecil vs. The King of TeethJim Kenyon


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  this is more of a narrative of what happened.  Pretty sad situation  I had a capo on 2 - sing it kinda jazzy blues






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[Em] It was a warm, clear nighton the [Am] African plain


[Em] A blazing moon and not a [Am]drop of rain


[Em] The wind was blowingfrom the [Am] west to east


[B7] when the king of the beasts met the [C7] king of [Em] teeth.


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[Em] One always hunted for [Am] food to kill


[Em] The other one hunted for some [Am] kind of thrill


[Em] One had his pride , the other[Am] had none


[B7] One wanted life, not a trophy[C7]for his [Em]son


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Chorus


[Am]The King of the Beasts, the pride of the pride


[Em] by a coward’s arrow has died


[Am] no good reason,no way to explain


[B7]What happened that night on the [C7]African [Em]plain




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[Em] the arrow tore his heart [Am] he hadn't a prayer


[Em] This was a fight that was [Am] far from fair


[Em] Unaware lion ,an ass[Am]assin that paid


[B7] death was all around wherepoor[C7] Cecil [B7] laid




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[Em] The king of teeth said that he [Am] wasn’t aware


[Em]Oxford studied Cecil so[Am] people would care


[Em]never even saw that[Am] tracking collar, yet


[B7] he couldn’t waitto shootcuz he’d [C7] paid his [B7] dollar





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Chorus


[Am]The King of the Beasts, the prideof the pride


[Em] by a coward’s arrow has died


[Am] no good reason,no way to explain


[B7]What happened that night on the [C7]African [B7]plain



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[Em] They skinned poor Cecil and [Am] cut off his head


[Em] a new pride leader, his[Am] cubs will be dead


[Em]stars and commoners [Am] are outraged,The


[B7] king of teeth shot a lionrela[C7]tively [B7]caged


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[Em] he says he’s real sorry, for his[Am] honest mistake


[Em] and feels real bad about [Am]Cecil's fate


[Em] butthe king of teeth [Am]is telling a lie, because


[B7]now he wantsan elephant with[C7]tuskto [B7] die




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Chorus


[Am]The King of the Beasts, the prideof the pride


[Em] by a coward’s arrow has died


[Am] no good reason,no way to explain


[B7]What happened that night on the [C7]African [B7]plain




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[Em] So this ends the story of the [Am] King of the Beast


[Em] And how he lost his life to the [Am] king of teeth


[Em] will he get punished,we'll[Am] wait and see, but


[B7]know as a manhe's justa [C7] cavi[Em]ty


[B7] andtheseanimalsneed help from [C7]youand [Em] me.


[B7]theyneed help from [C7]youand [Em]me.


[B7]oh they need help from [C7]youand [Em] me.


Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

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"The king of beasts meets the king of teeth" ----- Damn! What a line! This is great and I can see this as something Johnny Cash might have done. In fact, I'm sure of it. Great work, TIG!

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Just brilliant TIG. I have to agree with Bill, that line is an absolute classic.
Great stuff.

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That is really excellent Jim..
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I like it.

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I'm always in awe of folks that can throw a song together at the drop of a hat. Something I have never been able to do.

Nice job!!

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That chorus is nailed, my friend. I wouldn't change a thing myself. smile

You da man! smile

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TIGLJK wrote:

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Jim, see my suggestions. They are very minor and are about grammar more than anything else. My thoughts are a little jumbled right now (need my meds, big_smile ), but I wonder if you might want to change "....like the warm night air"?. My point (and feel free to argue it, my friends) is that I don't think of warm night air as "ripping". What do you think, TIG and folks?

As you can tell, I don't want to mess with the text too much, as I think it's totally poignant and appropriate. I just want to make suggestions, give my reasons and leave it to you.

I'll work on this some more later tonight.

Thanks, TIG! smile

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Re: Cecil's Tragedy

Completely, totally, amazingly, and absolutely brilliant!

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Love the king of beasts king of teeth, line.
i couldn`t resist doing a one liner.
`The lion run    dentist got gun`

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Thanks all,  for your comments.
I made some changes - thanks Bill !!

The writing comes relatively easy for me - the playing and singing - well that's a whole other ballgame.
As for the Dentist - apparently the hunter has now become the hunted -- poetic justice.

I wanted to put in a line some where about the defining silence of his roar - but just couldn't find the right line.

  I love the forum on chordie..... so much fun and sooooooo many good people  !

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Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

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12 Reply by Strummerboy Bill (edited by Strummerboy Bill 2015-08-01 00:45:45)

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I like the changes, my friend! I love songwriters who can pull their words from deep in their heart and soul, and you definitely are one of those people, James Kenyon.

Bill

PS: Unless one or more of our musical family has any suggestions, or unless you, the composer makes any changes, I think you nailed it, TIG! smile

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Not going to link you to it, because it could possibly be spam, but there's a move to petition the world's major airlines to stop the transportation of game "trophies", thereby blocking game hunting.

Make of this what you will, but the countries which use safaris as tourist income won't take this petition lying down (so to speak).

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Love this song of your Jim, perfect as is, says it all.  Looking forward to having a go at it myself smile

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