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.