songbook/manu_chao/bongo_bong.sg

\selectlanguage{english}
\songcolumns{2}
\beginsong{Bongo Bong}
  [by={Manu Chao},cov={clandestino},album={Clandestino}]

  \cover
  \gtab{Am}{X02210}
  \gtab{Dm}{XX0231}
  \gtab{G}{320033}
  \utab{Am}{2000}
  \utab{Dm}{2210}
  \utab{G}{0232}

  \begin{verse*}
    \musicnote{\Intro: \nolyrics \[Am] \[Am] \[Dm] \[G]}
  \end{verse*}

  \begin{verse}
    \[Am]Mama was queen of the mambo
    \[Am]Papa was king of the Congo
    \[Dm]Deep down in the jungle
    I started \[G]banging my first bongo
  \end{verse}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{verse*}
      \[Am]Every monkey'd like to be
      \[Am]In my place instead of me
      Cause \[Dm]{I'm} the king of bongo, baby
      \[G]{I'm} the king of bongo bong
    \end{verse*}

    \begin{verse}
      I \[Am]went to the big town
      Where there \[Am]is a lot of sound
      From the \[Dm]jungle to the city
      Looking \[G]for a bigger crown
      So I \[Am]play my boogie
      For the \[Am]people of big city
      But they \[Dm]{don't} go crazy
      When I \[G]bangin'on my boogie, I'm the
    \end{verse}
  \end{repeatedchords}

  \begin{chorus}
    \[Am] King of the bongo, king of the bongo \[Dm]bong
    \[G]Hear me when I come baby
    \[Am] King of the bongo, king of the bongo \[Dm]bong
    \[G]Hear me when I come
  \end{chorus}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{verse}
      No\[Am]body'd like to be
      In my \[Am]place instead of me
      Cause no\[Dm]body go crazy
      When I'm \[G]banging on my boogie
      I'm a \[Am]king without a crown
      Hanging \[Am]loose in a big town
      But \[Dm]{I'm} the king of bongo, baby
      \[G]{I'm} the king of bongo bong
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse}
      They \[Am]say that I'm a clown
      Making \[Am]too much dirty sound
      They \[Dm]say there is no place
      For little \[G]monkey in this town
      No\[Am]body'd like to be
      In my \[Am]place instead of me
      Cause no\[Dm]body go crazy
      When I'm \[G]banging on my boogie, I'm the
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse}
      \[Am]Banging on my bongo
      All that \[Am]swing belongs to me
      I'm so \[Dm]happy there's nobody
      In my \[G]place instead of me
      I'm a \[Am]king without a crown
      Hanging \[Am]loose in a big town
      But \[Dm]{I'm} the king of bongo, baby
      \[G]{I'm} the king of bongo bong
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse}
      \[Am]Mama was queen of the mambo
      \[Am]Papa was king of the Congo
      \[Dm]Deep down in the jungle
      I started \[G]banging my first bongo
      \[Am]Every monkey 'd like to be
      \[Am]In my place instead of me
      Cause \[Dm]{I'm} the king of bongo, baby
      \[G]{I'm} the king of bongo bong
    \end{verse}
  \end{repeatedchords}

\endsong