Chords for Please Don't Call me a Koala Bear | Don Spencer | Music for Kids
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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One of Australia's most famous furry creatures, the koala.
spend most of their time in gum trees.
During the day they often curl up into a ball and sleep in the fork of a tree.
limb to limb to munch on eucalyptus or gum leaves.
And this koala is called Lenny.
Hello Lenny.
eat lots of gum leaves [C] and they get moisture out of the gum leaves so they don't have to drink very often.
Some people call them bears, but they're not bears at all are they?
spend most of their time in gum trees.
During the day they often curl up into a ball and sleep in the fork of a tree.
limb to limb to munch on eucalyptus or gum leaves.
And this koala is called Lenny.
Hello Lenny.
eat lots of gum leaves [C] and they get moisture out of the gum leaves so they don't have to drink very often.
Some people call them bears, but they're not bears at all are they?
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_ _ _ _ One of Australia's most famous furry creatures, the koala.
_ Koalas spend most of their time in gum trees. _ _ _ _
_ During the day they often curl up into a ball and sleep in the fork of a tree.
_ As night falls they clamber from limb to limb to munch on eucalyptus or gum leaves. _ _ _
_ _ _ And this koala is called Lenny.
Hello Lenny.
_ _ _ _ Koalas eat lots of gum leaves [C] and they get moisture out of the gum leaves so they don't have to drink very often.
_ _ Koalas are marsupials.
Some people call them bears, but they're not bears at all are they? _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
I'm a koala, not a bear, [F] and I don't think it's fair.
[G] The way that people [C] always add a word [G] that isn't there.
[C] I'm a marsupial and proud of [F] it, and there [D] can be no doubt [C] of it.
I'm closer [A] to a [D] kangaroo than I am to a [G] bear.
So [C] please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] cos [G] I'm not a [C] bear [F] at all. _ _
_ [C] Please don't call me [F] a koala [D] bear, it's driving me [G] up the wall. _
If [C] your name was Tom [F] and everyone called you Dick, [D] perhaps you'd [G] understand why I'm sick, sick, sick.
[C] I'm simply a koala [F] and I want [F#] the name to stick.
[C] So please [A] don't call [D] me [G] a [C] koala bear.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
[C] I live here in Australia [F] in a eucalyptus tree.
[G] I'm as cuddly, cute and charming [C] as an [G] animal can be.
[C] I don't understand feeding.
[F] How [D] anyone could think them grizzly [A] bears and polar [D] bears are anything like me.
[C] So please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] cos I'm [G] not a bear [C] at all. _
So please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] it's driving me up [G] the wall. _
[C] If your name was Tom and everyone [A] called you Dick, [D] perhaps you'd understand [G] why I'm sick, sick, sick.
[C] I'm simply a koala [F] and I want the [F#m] name to stick.
[C] So please [A] don't call [D] me a [G] _
[C] koala bear.
_ Oh, please don't [D] call me a [F] koala bear, [D] cos [G] I'm not a [C] bear at all.
Oh, please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] it's driving me up the wall.
[G] _ [C] If your name was Tom and everyone [A] called you Dick, [D] perhaps you'd [E] understand why I'm sick, [G] sick, sick.
[C] I'm simply a koala [F] and I want the name [F#] to stick.
[C] So please [A] don't call [D] me a _ [G] koala [C] bear. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ I mean, how much can a koala [A] bear? _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Koalas spend most of their time in gum trees. _ _ _ _
_ During the day they often curl up into a ball and sleep in the fork of a tree.
_ As night falls they clamber from limb to limb to munch on eucalyptus or gum leaves. _ _ _
_ _ _ And this koala is called Lenny.
Hello Lenny.
_ _ _ _ Koalas eat lots of gum leaves [C] and they get moisture out of the gum leaves so they don't have to drink very often.
_ _ Koalas are marsupials.
Some people call them bears, but they're not bears at all are they? _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
I'm a koala, not a bear, [F] and I don't think it's fair.
[G] The way that people [C] always add a word [G] that isn't there.
[C] I'm a marsupial and proud of [F] it, and there [D] can be no doubt [C] of it.
I'm closer [A] to a [D] kangaroo than I am to a [G] bear.
So [C] please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] cos [G] I'm not a [C] bear [F] at all. _ _
_ [C] Please don't call me [F] a koala [D] bear, it's driving me [G] up the wall. _
If [C] your name was Tom [F] and everyone called you Dick, [D] perhaps you'd [G] understand why I'm sick, sick, sick.
[C] I'm simply a koala [F] and I want [F#] the name to stick.
[C] So please [A] don't call [D] me [G] a [C] koala bear.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
[C] I live here in Australia [F] in a eucalyptus tree.
[G] I'm as cuddly, cute and charming [C] as an [G] animal can be.
[C] I don't understand feeding.
[F] How [D] anyone could think them grizzly [A] bears and polar [D] bears are anything like me.
[C] So please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] cos I'm [G] not a bear [C] at all. _
So please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] it's driving me up [G] the wall. _
[C] If your name was Tom and everyone [A] called you Dick, [D] perhaps you'd understand [G] why I'm sick, sick, sick.
[C] I'm simply a koala [F] and I want the [F#m] name to stick.
[C] So please [A] don't call [D] me a [G] _
[C] koala bear.
_ Oh, please don't [D] call me a [F] koala bear, [D] cos [G] I'm not a [C] bear at all.
Oh, please don't call [F] me a koala bear, [D] it's driving me up the wall.
[G] _ [C] If your name was Tom and everyone [A] called you Dick, [D] perhaps you'd [E] understand why I'm sick, [G] sick, sick.
[C] I'm simply a koala [F] and I want the name [F#] to stick.
[C] So please [A] don't call [D] me a _ [G] koala [C] bear. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ I mean, how much can a koala [A] bear? _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _