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Tuning: EADGBE
Chords:
F : 133211
C : -3555x
G : 355433
Strumming:
? ? ???
F F xFF
? ? ???
C C xCC
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
G G x G x G x G
Intro:
F C G
Verse 1:
F C G
Better get into what you gotta get into
F C G
Better get into it now, no slacking please
F C G
United Nations ain't really united
F C G
And the organisations ain't really organised
Chorus:
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
F C G
Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more, my love
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Verse 2:
F C G
Everybody who read the Jungle Book knows that Riki tiki tavi's a mongoose who kills snakes
F C G
When I was a young man I was led to believe there were organisations to kill my snakes for me
F C G
Ie the church ie the government ie school
F C G
But when I got a little older, I learned I had to kill them myself
Chorus:
F C G
(I said) Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
F C G
Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more, my love
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Bridge:
F C G
Verse 3:
F C G
People walk around, they don't know what they're doing
F C G
They been lost so long they don't know what they've been looking for
F C G
Well, I know what I'm a-looking for but I just can't find it
F C G
I guess I gotta look inside of myself some more
F C G
Oh oh oh, inside of myself some more
F C G
Oh oh oh, inside of myself some more
Chorus:
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
F C G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Outro:
F C G
I saw you today on a number twelve
F C G
Bus you were going my way
F C G
Song History
Last Updated: January 30, 2018