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From: bilkei@scorch.hna.com.au (Bill Keir)

Riki Tiki Tavi by Donovan Leitch
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CRD/LYR
 
The chords for the entire song are: F C G G. This 4-bar pattern is 
repeated throughout. Each lyrical line below equals once through 
through this pattern.
 
 
Riki Tiki Tavi
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Better get into what you gotta get into
Better get into it now, no slacking please
United Nations ain't really united
And the organisations ain't really organised
 
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more my love
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
 
(Every)body who read the Jungle Book knows that Riki tiki tavi's a 
         mongoose who kills snakes
(Well) when I was a young man I was led to believe there were organisations
         to kill my snakes for me
(ie the) church ie the government ie the school
(but when I got a little older) I learned I had to kill them myself

(I said) Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more my love
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
 
(16 bars instrumental)
 
People walk around they don't know what they're doing
They bin lost so long they don't know what they've been looking for
Well, I know what I'm a looking for but I just can't find it
I guess I gotta look inside of myself some more
 
oh oh oh inside of myself some more
oh oh oh inside of myself some more
 
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone
 
 
I saw you today on a number twelve
bus you were going my way
my way