Donovan – Riki Tiki Tavi (Guitar)

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[Chords]
   F : 133211
   C : -3555x
G : 355433 [Strumming] ↓ ↓ ↓↑↓
   F F xFF
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   C C xCC
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G G x G x G x G [Intro] F C G [Verse 1]
F               C                    G
Better get into what you gotta get into

F                       C           G
Better get into it now, no slacking please

F              C               G
United Nations ain't really united

F                     C               G
And the organisations ain't really organised
[Chorus]
F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone

F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone

F                      C                                G
Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more, my love

F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
[Verse 2]
F                             C                             G
Everybody who read the Jungle Book knows that Riki tiki tavi's a mongoose who kills snakes

F                      C                    G
When I was a young man I was led to believe there were organisations to kill my snakes for me

F             C                 G
Ie the church ie the government ie school

F                              C                            G
But when I got a little older, I learned I had to kill them myself
[Chorus]
F                       C           G
(I said) Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone

F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone

F                      C                                G
Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more, my love

F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
[Bridge] F C G [Verse 3]
F                   C                    G
People walk around, they don't know what they're doing

F                      C                    G
They been lost so long they don't know what they've been looking for

F                       C           G
Well, I know what I'm a-looking for but I just can't find it

F               C                     G
I guess I gotta look inside of myself some more

F         C                G
Oh oh oh, inside of myself some more

F         C                G
Oh oh oh, inside of myself some more
[Chorus]
F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone

F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone

F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone

F              C           G
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
[Outro]
F C         G
I saw you today on a number twelve

F            C          G
Bus you were going my way

F  C G
My way