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Song: "Elephant Elephant"
Artist: Evelyn Evelyn
Album: Evelyn Evelyn (2010)
Transcribed by: Freeze1186 (Freeze1186@neo.rr.com)
Notes: The bass for most of the chords is doing an "Oompah" kind of rhythm of quarter notes alternating
between the root and fifth of the chord. For example on the F chord, the bass is playing F,C,F,C
and for the C chord, it plays C,G,C,G, etc. I'm going to write those out as F and F/C, C and C/G, etc.
The easiest way to play that is to play the all the chords as barre chords and move your first finger to
get the changing bass notes. There's a lot of little bass runs between chords too, but they're easy.
You can figure them out on your own, just use your ears.
INTRO (0.00)
(Single Notes) C D E
SECTION A (0:03)
F F/C
Elephant, elephant,
C C/G
Big and strong and gentle and in - telligent, intelligent.
A D
How could I feel blue? I?ve got my sister at my side
G C
And an elephant to ride.
F F/C
Oh, elephant, elephant,
C C/G
You?re sad and in a cage, but that?s ir - relevant, irrelevant.
A D
?Cause everyone is jealous when they see me riding by,
G C
On a friend of such of great size.
SECTION B (0:24)
Bb Bb/F
Other kids ride bikes, that?s true,
F F/C D D/A
Or daddies pick them up from school,
G G/D
But that won?t do for me you understand. (Understand)
C C/G F F/C
Other kids have horses, other kids have dogs,
C C/G F F/C
Other kids have hamsters, other kids have frogs.
D G
But the pet for me is something much more grand!
(0:49) REPEAT INTRO, THEN SECTION A TWO TIMES FOR THE SOLO
SECTION B (1:13)
Bb Bb/F
Other kids ride bikes, that?s true,
F F/C D D/A
Or daddies pick them up from school,
G G/D
But that won?t do for me you understand. (Understand)
C C/G F F/C
Other kids have horses, other kids have dogs,
C C/G F F/C
Other kids have hamsters, other kids have frogs.
D G
But the pet for me is something much more grand!
And benevolent, and elegant...
(Single Notes) C D E
And I?ve got an
(1:48)
F F/C
elephant, elephant,
C C/G
Riding on your back I?m in my element, element.
A D
It?s true and it?s a fact that there is so much you can learn,
G C
When you?re on a pachy - derm.
Bb Bb/F
Oh, elephant, elephant,
F F/C D
Life?s not so bad, it?s swell of it to give me such a friend.
G C F F/C D
Oh, elephant, elephant, I?m with you to the end!
G C Bb F
elephant, elephant, I'm with you to the end!
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Last Updated: November 30, -0001