Donovan: Riki Tiki Tavi (Alternate Studio Version off "Troubador") Chords

Tempo:
173.85 bpm
Chords used:

G

F

C

D

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Donovan: Riki Tiki Tavi (Alternate Studio Version off "Troubador") chords
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[G] What was the nicest one I meant I was changing it from [F] a finger to a [C] lecture
[G]
[F] [C]
[G]
[F]
[C] [G]
[F]
[D] [G]
[F]
[C]
[G]
Well [F] better get into what [Em] you gotta get [G] into
[F] And you better get into [C] it now no [G] slackin' please
[F] For the United
[C] Nations ain't really [G] united
[F] And the organizations [G] ain't really organized
[F] Cause you rickety-kitty
[C] mongoose [G] at your door no more, no more
[F] Cause you rickety [G]-kitty mongoose at your door
You [F] won't be coming around for [G] tequila, your snakes no more, my love
[F] For the rickety-kitty [C] mongoose [G] at your door no more
[F] Everybody who saw the [C] Jungle Book know the rickety-kitty [G] mongoose are kill snakes
And when [F] I was a young man I thought there [D] were organizations to kill my [G] snakes for me
I was told, i.e. [F] the church, i.e. [Gm] the government, i.e. school
But [A] as I got a little older [G] I learned to kill my snakes myself
Oh, no more old beaching, no [F] go for four
[C] Oh, no, no, my, [G] my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[F] Well the people walking [Em] around they don't know what they're [G] doing
[F] They've been lost so long they [D] don't know what they're [G] looking for
[F] Well I know what I'm I'm looking [G] for, but I just
[Dm] Well I gotta, I guess I [Em] gotta look inside myself [G] some more
[F]
[D] [G]
[F]
[D] [G] Oh, no, no, [F]
no.
[D] [G] Oh, no, no, no.
[F] Oh, no, no, [D] [G]
no.
Oh, no, no, no.
[F]
[C] Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, [G] no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no, [F] no, no.
[C] Oh, no, no, no.
[Gm] Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
[F] While the people walkin' [Gm] around
they're takin' and they're droppin' the drip, drip.
[F] While they don't know
what they're doin' to [C] the pretty nervous [G] system.
[F] While I've taken every drug [G] there is to
take and I know
that the [F] natural high
is the best high [G] in the world.
[F] Natural high,
best [G] high in the world.
Oh, [F] no,
[C] no, [G] no, no.
[Dm] Oh, no, no, no.
[Gm] Oh, no, no, no. [F] synthetic stimuli
only [C] goes
to [F] fog up
[Gm] your third eye.
Laboratory
[E] synthetic
[F] stimuli
only [C]
goes to
fog [G] up your third eye.
[F]
[D] [G]
[Dm]
[C] [G]
Well, [Dm] natural high is [B] the best
high [G] in the world, you know.
[F] Natural high,
[Gm] best high in the world.
[F#] [G] [N]
Best high in the world.
Tea you get here?
Have we got any tea?
I think we've got some hot water somewhere.
Key:  
G
2131
F
134211111
C
3211
D
1321
Gm
123111113
G
2131
F
134211111
C
3211
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_ _ _ [G] What was the nicest one I meant I was changing it from [F] a finger to a [C] lecture
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ Well [F] better get into what [Em] you gotta get [G] into
_ _ _ _ [F] And you better get into [C] it now no [G] slackin' please
_ _ _ [F] For the United _
[C] Nations ain't really [G] united _ _
_ _ _ [F] And the _ organizations [G] ain't really _ _ organized _
_ _ [F] Cause you rickety-kitty _
[C] mongoose [G] at your door no more, no more
_ _ [F] Cause you rickety [G]-kitty mongoose at your door _ _ _
You [F] won't be coming around for [G] tequila, your snakes no more, my love _ _ _
[F] For the rickety-kitty [C] _ mongoose [G] at your door no more _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Everybody who saw the [C] Jungle Book know the rickety-kitty [G] mongoose are kill snakes
_ And when [F] I was a young man I thought there [D] were organizations to kill my [G] snakes for me
I was told, i.e. [F] the church, _ i.e. [Gm] the government, i.e. school
But [A] as I got a little older [G] I learned to kill my snakes myself
_ Oh, _ _ no more old _ _ _ beaching, no [F] go for four _ _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, no, no, my, _ _ [G] my, my, my, my, my, my, _ my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
[F] Well the people walking [Em] around they don't know what they're [G] doing _ _ _ _
[F] They've been lost so long they [D] don't know what they're [G] looking _ for
_ _ _ [F] Well I know what I'm I'm looking [G] for, but I just _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Well I gotta, I guess I [Em] gotta look inside myself [G] some more
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] Oh, no, no, _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
no.
[D] _ _ _ [G] Oh, no, no, _ _ no.
_ [F] Oh, no, no, _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
no.
_ _ _ _ Oh, no, no, no.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, [G] no, no, no. _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no, [F] no, no.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Oh, no, no, _ no.
[Gm] Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
_ _ [F] While the people walkin' [Gm] around
they're takin' and they're droppin' the drip, drip.
_ _ _ [F] While they don't know
what they're doin' to [C] the pretty nervous [G] _ system. _
_ _ _ [F] While I've taken every drug [G] there is to
take and I know _
_ _ that the [F] natural high
is the best high [G] in the world. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Natural high,
best [G] high in the world. _ _ _
_ _ Oh, [F] no, _ _ _
[C] no, [G] no, no. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Oh, no, no, no.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ Oh, no, no, no. _ _ _ [F] synthetic _ stimuli
_ _ _ only [C] goes
to [F] _ fog up
[Gm] your third eye. _ _ _ _ _ _
Laboratory
_ _ _ [E] synthetic _
[F] stimuli
_ _ _ only [C]
goes to
_ fog [G] up your third _ eye.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
Well, _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] natural high is [B] the best
high [G] in the world, you know.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Natural high,
[Gm] _ best high in the world.
[F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Best high in the world.
Tea you get here? _ _ _
Have we got any tea?
_ _ _ I think we've got some hot water somewhere. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Donovan.

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