Bobby Darin – Talk To The Animals (Guitar)
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Chords
[Verse 1]
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Bb If I could talk to the animals, just i-magine it, chatting with a chimp in chimpan-zee Cm7 F7 Dm7 G7 C7 F7 Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah, what a neat achievement it would be!
[Verse 2]
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Bb If we could talk to the animals, learn all their languages, maybe take an animal de-gree Cm7 F7 Dm7 G7 C7 F7 I’d study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle, alligator, guinea pig, and flea
[Chorus]
Fm7 Bb7 Eb Fm7 Bb7 Eb I would con-verse in polar bear and python, and I would curse in fluent kanga-roo Gm7 C7 F C7 Cm7 F7 If people asked me, "Can you speak rhi-noceros?" I’d say, "Of courseros, can't you?"
[Verse 3]
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Bb If I con-ferred with our furry friends, man to animal, think of the a-mazing repar-tee Cm7 F7 Dm7 G7 If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals Cm D7 Gm C7 Cm7 F7 Bb F#7 Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals, and they could talk to me
[Verse 4]
C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 B If I con-sulted with quadrupeds, think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea! C#m7 F#7 Ebm7 G#7 Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions C#7 F#7 What a lovely place the world would be!
[Verse 5]
C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 B If I spoke slang to o-rangutans, the ad-vantages, why any fool on earth could plainly see! C#m7 F#7 Ebm7 G#7 Discussing Eastern art and dramas, with intellectual llamas C#7 F#7 That's a big step forward you'll a-gree!
[Chorus]
F#m7 B7 E F#m7 B7 E I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle, and my Pekin-ese would be extremely good G#m7 C#7 F# C#7 C#m7 F#7 If I were asked to sing in hippo-potamus, I'd say "why-notamus" and I would!
[Verse 6]
C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 B If I could parlay with pachyderms, it's a fairy tale worthy of Hans Anderson and Grimm C#m7 F#7 Ebm7 G#7 A man who walks with the animals, and talks with the animals C#m Eb7 G#m C#7 C#m7 F#7 B Grunts and squeaks and squawks with the animals, and they could talk to him!
[Instrumental]
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Bb
Cm7 F7 Dm7 G7 C7 F7
[Chorus]
Gm7 C7 F Gm7 C7 F I'd study every creature's language, so I could speak to all of them, on sight Am7 D7 G If friends said "can he talk in crab or maybe pelican" D7 Dm7 G7 You'd say "Like hell, he can" and you'd be right!
[Verse 7]
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C C C/D C/E And if you just stop and think of it, ain't no doubt of it, I'm gonna win a place in histo-ry Dm7 G7 Em7 A7 If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals Dm E7 Am D7 Grunt, squeak, squawk with the animals Dm7 G7 C F7 C F7 C F7 C And they could squeak...and...squawk...and...speak..and...talk to me!