Chords for Burl Ives - Bongo and his Baboon Drum

[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Poor _ _ _ little _ Bongo, _ _ _ _ _ Bongo _ _ lost his drum. _ _ _ _ _ _
Bongo lived in the [Eb] Belgian Congo, Bongo lived near the yellow sun. _
[Gb] Bongo beat on [Ab] a bamboo drum, the bamboo drum [Eb] went rum-tum-tum.
[Gb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Dbm] Monkeys tangled through the [Ab] treetops, lions leaped in the yellow sun. _
Elephants danced among the plants when the bamboo drum went rum-tum-tum. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Life was grand in the Belgian Congo, life was gay and full of fun.
Till [F] one day [Ab] in the month of May, a big _ [Db] baboon ate _ Bongo's drum.
[Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Db] Poor [Eb] little _ Bongo, _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
pity _ [Db] _ _ little [Eb] _
_ Bongo.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ Bongo lost his drum.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
Bongo wept and Bongo cried, cried because he lost his drum.
Elephants, [Ab] lions, monkeys said, big _ [Eb] baboon what have you done? _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb]
Big baboon then hung his head, [Ab] I ate Bongo's drum he said.
But tell Bongo not to cry, [Gb]
I will be his drum instead. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Bongo laughed and jumped for joy, Bongo beat a [Bb] merry tune, _
beat [Ab] a tune on the big _ baboon, the big baboon [Eb] went boom, boom, boom. _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
Happy _ _ _ [Eb] little _ Bongo, _ _ _ _ _ lucky _ _ _ _ little _ Bongo.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Bongo [Db] _ found his [Gb] drum.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Monkeys tangled through the treetops, _ lions [Bb] leaped beneath the moon.
_ Elephants [Eb] danced among the plants when [Bb] the big baboon goes [Gb] boom, boom, boom.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ Like [Db] this, _ [Gb] like this, like [Dm] this, _ [C]
[E] like this.
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