Barrett Syd - Effervescing Elephant guitar chord

EFFERVESCING ELEPHANT -- Syd Barrett

G G7

An effervescing elephant with tiny eyes and great big trunk

C C7

once whispered to the tiny ear, the ear of one in fear, you hear

G

that by next June he'd die, Oh yeah!

D

And the tiger would roam, the little one said,

D7

"Oh my goodness -- I must stay at home!

G G7

And every time I hear a growl, I'll know the tiger's on the prowl,

C C7

And I'll be really safe, you know, the elephant, he told me so."

G

Everyone was nervous, Oh yeah!

D D7

And the message was spread to zebra, mongoose and the dirty hippopotamus

G G7

who wallowed in the mud and chewed his spicy hippo-plankton food

C

and tended to ignore the word,

C7 G

referring to a survey I heard of stupid water bison

D

Oh yeah! And all the jungle took fright,

D7

and ran around for all the day and the night,

G

But all in vain because, you see, the tiger came and said,

G7 C

"Who me? You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you --

C G

I much prefer something to chew, and you're all too scant."

C D G

Oh yeah! He ate the elephant.

--

"Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones

who are dragging you into court?" -- James 2:6 [NIV]

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