Chords with lyrics
Original by Kinky Friedman
Capo 2nd fret
INTRO
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Spoken: But he ain't no freak, and I'm shure, he ain't no geek.
VERSE 1
C majorC FF
He's the star of Captain Midnite's travelin' show
C majorC FF
He came to that circus many moons ago.
FF C majorC FF
His mother's in your storybook, she loved a jungle king,
C majorC G+G
Left him standin' there alone inside the center ring.
VERSE 2
C majorC FF
In a bamboo cage he crossed the ragin' sea,
C majorC FF
A augmentedA livin' page torn clean from history.
FF C majorC FF
A augmentedA hairy, scary, 🏷Legendary screamin' souvenir,
C majorC G+G
Don't you get too close to him, don't you get too near.
CHORUS
FF C majorC
He's the wild man from Borneo,
E MajorE FF
The wild man from Borneo.
C majorC G+G
We come to see what we wanna see,
FF C majorC
Ah, we come to see but we never come to know.
INSTRUMENTAL
FF C majorC E MajorE FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC
VERSE 3
C majorC FF
The tattooed lady left the circus train
C majorC FF
Lost all her pictures in the rain.
FF C majorC FF
He wonders if she's happy, as the midway lights grow dimmed
FF G+G
He wonders if she'll ever know the mark she left on him.
CHORUS
FF C majorC
He's the wild man from Borneo,
E MajorE FF
The wild man ...
C majorC G+G
We come to see what we wanna see,
FF C majorC
Ah, we come to see but we never come to know.
C majorC G+G
You come to see what you want to see,
FF C majorC
Ah, you come to see, but you never come to know.
G+G FF C majorC