Chords for Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) (Remastered)
Tempo:
157.7 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
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Each morning a missionary advertised with neon signs.
He tells the native population that civilization is [Ebm] fine.
[Abm] And three educated salvages holler [Ab] from a bumble tree.
That civilization is a thing for me [Db] to [Ebm] see.
[Ebm] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I [Db] don't want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no.
[Ab] Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go.
Each morning a missionary advertised with neon signs.
He tells the native population that civilization is [Ebm] fine.
[Abm] And three educated salvages holler [Ab] from a bumble tree.
That civilization is a thing for me [Db] to [Ebm] see.
[Ebm] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I [Db] don't want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no.
[Ab] Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go.
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Each morning a missionary advertised with neon signs.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _
He tells the native population that civilization is [Ebm] fine. _ _ _ _
[Abm] And three educated salvages holler [Ab] from a bumble tree. _ _ _ _ _
That civilization is a thing for me [Db] to [Ebm] see.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
[Ebm] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I [Db] don't want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _ _ _
_ [Ab] Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go.
_ _ [Ebm] Don't want no [Ab] bright lights, false teeth, or bells, landlords, I make it _ clear. _
That no matter how they coax him, I'll [Bb] stay right _ here.
_ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] I look through a magazine the missionary's [Db] wife [E] concealed.
[Db] Magazine?
What happens?
I see how people who are civilized [Ebm] bung you with automobile.
You know you [Ab] can get hurt that way, Daniel?
At the movies they [Eb] have got to pay many coconuts [Ab] to see.
What do they see, Donny?
_ Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel [Db] takes of me.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't want to leave the [Db] Congo.
No, no, no, no, [Bbm] no. _
[Db] _ _ [Bb] Bingo, bangle, bongo, he's so happy in the jungle he [Eb] refuse to go. _ _
Don't want [Ab] no penthouse, bathtub, _ streetcars, taxis, noise in my _ ear.
_ So no matter how they coax him, _ [Dbm] I'll stay right here.
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_ _ [Dbm] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ They hurry like salvages to get aboard an iron train.
The Tringalingu Hula Humber Express.
And though it's smoky out there, they're too civilized to complain.
[Ebm] _ Alokato _ Hosohimahena.
[Ab] When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground.
What do they do, Donny?
They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all [Db] year [Ebm] round. _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _
_ [F] _ [Db] _ _ Bingo, bangle, bongo, I'm so happy [D] in the [Ebm] jungle I [Ab] refuse to go. _
_ Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish hooks, golf clubs, I got my _ _ spears.
So [D] no matter how they [Ab] coax him, _ I'll stay [Ebm] right here.
_ _ [Bb] _ They have things like the autumn bomb.
[C] _ [F] So I think I'll stay where [Fm] I am.
_ _ [Ab] _ Civilization, _ _ I'll [Bbm] stay right [Eb]
here.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
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Each morning a missionary advertised with neon signs.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _
He tells the native population that civilization is [Ebm] fine. _ _ _ _
[Abm] And three educated salvages holler [Ab] from a bumble tree. _ _ _ _ _
That civilization is a thing for me [Db] to [Ebm] see.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
[Ebm] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I [Db] don't want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _ _ _
_ [Ab] Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go.
_ _ [Ebm] Don't want no [Ab] bright lights, false teeth, or bells, landlords, I make it _ clear. _
That no matter how they coax him, I'll [Bb] stay right _ here.
_ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] I look through a magazine the missionary's [Db] wife [E] concealed.
[Db] Magazine?
What happens?
I see how people who are civilized [Ebm] bung you with automobile.
You know you [Ab] can get hurt that way, Daniel?
At the movies they [Eb] have got to pay many coconuts [Ab] to see.
What do they see, Donny?
_ Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel [Db] takes of me.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't want to leave the [Db] Congo.
No, no, no, no, [Bbm] no. _
[Db] _ _ [Bb] Bingo, bangle, bongo, he's so happy in the jungle he [Eb] refuse to go. _ _
Don't want [Ab] no penthouse, bathtub, _ streetcars, taxis, noise in my _ ear.
_ So no matter how they coax him, _ [Dbm] I'll stay right here.
_ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Dbm] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ They hurry like salvages to get aboard an iron train.
The Tringalingu Hula Humber Express.
And though it's smoky out there, they're too civilized to complain.
[Ebm] _ Alokato _ Hosohimahena.
[Ab] When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground.
What do they do, Donny?
They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all [Db] year [Ebm] round. _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _
_ [F] _ [Db] _ _ Bingo, bangle, bongo, I'm so happy [D] in the [Ebm] jungle I [Ab] refuse to go. _
_ Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish hooks, golf clubs, I got my _ _ spears.
So [D] no matter how they [Ab] coax him, _ I'll stay [Ebm] right here.
_ _ [Bb] _ They have things like the autumn bomb.
[C] _ [F] So I think I'll stay where [Fm] I am.
_ _ [Ab] _ Civilization, _ _ I'll [Bbm] stay right [Eb]
here.
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