Chords for Galaxy News Radio - Civilization
Tempo:
156 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
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[Db] Each morning a missionary [Eb] advertised with neon signs.
tells the native population that civilization is dying.
And three educated salvages holler from a bamboo [Ab] tree.
civilization is a thing for me [Db] to see.
[Ebm] Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I don't [Db] want to leave the Congo.
no, no, no, no.
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[Db] Each morning a missionary [Eb] advertised with neon signs.
tells the native population that civilization is dying.
And three educated salvages holler from a bamboo [Ab] tree.
civilization is a thing for me [Db] to see.
[Ebm] Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I don't [Db] want to leave the Congo.
no, no, no, no.
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[Db] Each morning a missionary [Eb] advertised with neon signs.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] He tells the native population that civilization is dying.
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
And three educated salvages holler from a bamboo [Ab] _ tree.
_ _ _ That _ civilization is a thing for me [Db] to see.
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] So [Ebm] Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I don't [Db] want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse [Ab] to go.
_ Don't want no bright lights, false keeps, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear. _ _
That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right _ here. _ _ _ _
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I [Eb] look through a magazine the missionary's [Ab] wife conceals.
Magazine?
[Eb] What happens?
I see how people who are civilized bung you with [Ebm] automobiles.
You know you can get hurt [Ab] that way, Daniel?
At the movies they have got [Eb] to pay many [Ab] coconuts to see.
What do they see, Donny?
_ Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes [Db] of me.
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] So Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, he don't want to leave the [Bbm] Congo.
No, no, no, no, no.
_ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] Bingo, bangle, bongle, he's so happy in the jungle he refuse to go.
_ Don't want no penthouse, [Abm] bathtub, _ streetcars, taxis, noise in my _ ear. _
So no [Ab] matter how they coax him, I'll [Abm] stay right here.
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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ They hurry like salvages to get aboard an iron train.
The tringalingu hula humbly express.
And though it's smoky and it's crowded they're too civilized to [Ebm] complain.
When _ _ _ _ [Ab] they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds.
What do they do, Donny?
They swim and they fish but that's what I do all [Db] year [Ebm] round. _ _ _
[Ab] _ So Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I don't want to leave the [Db] Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _
_ _ _ Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in [Eb] the jungle I [Ab] refuse to go. _ _
Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish hooks, golf club, I got my spears.
_ _ So no matter how they coax him, I'll [Bm] stay right [Eb] here. _ _
_ _ They have [Db] things like the atom [Cm] bomb.
So [F] I think I'll stay where [Fm] I am.
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[Abm] Civilization, [Db] I'll stay right _ here.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
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[Db] Each morning a missionary [Eb] advertised with neon signs.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] He tells the native population that civilization is dying.
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
And three educated salvages holler from a bamboo [Ab] _ tree.
_ _ _ That _ civilization is a thing for me [Db] to see.
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] So [Ebm] Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I don't [Db] want to leave the Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse [Ab] to go.
_ Don't want no bright lights, false keeps, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear. _ _
That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right _ here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I [Eb] look through a magazine the missionary's [Ab] wife conceals.
Magazine?
[Eb] What happens?
I see how people who are civilized bung you with [Ebm] automobiles.
You know you can get hurt [Ab] that way, Daniel?
At the movies they have got [Eb] to pay many [Ab] coconuts to see.
What do they see, Donny?
_ Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes [Db] of me.
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] So Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, he don't want to leave the [Bbm] Congo.
No, no, no, no, no.
_ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] Bingo, bangle, bongle, he's so happy in the jungle he refuse to go.
_ Don't want no penthouse, [Abm] bathtub, _ streetcars, taxis, noise in my _ ear. _
So no [Ab] matter how they coax him, I'll [Abm] stay right here.
_ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ They hurry like salvages to get aboard an iron train.
The tringalingu hula humbly express.
And though it's smoky and it's crowded they're too civilized to [Ebm] complain.
When _ _ _ _ [Ab] they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds.
What do they do, Donny?
They swim and they fish but that's what I do all [Db] year [Ebm] round. _ _ _
[Ab] _ So Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I don't want to leave the [Db] Congo.
No, no, no, no, no. _
_ _ _ Bingo, bangle, bongle, I'm so happy in [Eb] the jungle I [Ab] refuse to go. _ _
Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish hooks, golf club, I got my spears.
_ _ So no matter how they coax him, I'll [Bm] stay right [Eb] here. _ _
_ _ They have [Db] things like the atom [Cm] bomb.
So [F] I think I'll stay where [Fm] I am.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Abm] Civilization, [Db] I'll stay right _ here.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _