Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
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Key: Bb
Intro:
Bb F Eb
Bb Gm
Bb Gm
Bb Gm
F Eb
Verse:
Bb Gm
If life's a zoo then we're the baboons
Bb Gm Bb
Acting like we own the cage we're locked into
Gm F
Throwing our best guess against the walls
Eb Bb
And acting like it's true
G Bb
Maybe we're the polar bears
Gm
In the refrigerator
Bb Gm
Swimming around so unaware
F Eb
That things are getting warm out there
Pre-Chorus:
Bb
See ya later alligator
Gm
I just need a little time
Bb
In a while crocodile
Gm
I just gotta get right
Bb
Adios hippopotamus
Gm
Probably ought to give it up
Bb Gm
Let it go water buffalo
Chorus:
Bb Gm
Cause I've been do me sti cated
F Eb
And I hate the way I'm foaming at the mouth
Bb Gm F
Just to escape the cage I made myself
Eb Bb G
I'll see you on the other side
F Eb
Porcupine
Bb Gm
Other side
F Eb
Porcupine
Post-Chorus:
Eb Gm
Eb Gm
Verse:
Bb
Maybe we're the trash rat
Gm
Raccoon bandit
Bb
Living in the wild and
Gm
Barely getting by
Bb Gm
But at least we're on the outside
Looking in
F Eb
Maybe we're alright
Bb Gm
Maybe we're the penguins Buttoned up so tight
Bb Gm
Living life like a slip'n slide
Bb Gm
When deep down we all know
F Eb
Our little wings are just for show
Pre-Chorus:
Bb
See ya later alligator
Gm
I just need a little time
Bb
In a while crocodile
Gm
I just gotta get right
Bb
Adios hippopotamus
Gm
Probably ought to give it up
Bb G
Let it go water buffalo
Chorus:
Bb Gm
Cause I've been do me sti cated
F Eb
And I hate the way I'm foaming at the mouth
Bb Gm F
Just to escape the cage I made myself
Eb Bb Gm
I'll see you on the other side
F Eb
Porcupine
Bb Gm
Other side
F Eb
Porcupine
[Solo]
Bb Gm F Eb
B Gm
F Eb
Let it go water buffalo
Chorus:
Bb Gm
Cause I've been do me sti cated
F Eb
And I hate the way I'm foaming at the mouth
Bb Gm F
Just to escape the cage I made myself
Eb Bb Gm
I'll see you on the other side
F Eb
Porcupine
Bb Gm
Other side
F Eb
Porcupine
Bb
Woah!
Song History
Published: December 27, 2025
Last Updated: December 27, 2025