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Elephant Elephant by Evelyn Evelyn

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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!