Chords:
{t: Gnu Song, The }
{key: Am}
{artist:Flanders and Swann}
{c: It's getting better :-)}
[C] A year ago, last Thursday, I was [G] strolling in the zoo
when I [Dm] met a man who [G] though he knew the [C] lot.
He was [B7] laying down the [Em] law about the habits of [B7] baboons
And the number of [Dm] quills a porcupine has [G] got.
So I asked him:
"[C] What's that creature [G] there?"
He [Dm] answered, "Oh, it's a [F] h'Elk"
I [Em] might of gone on [Am] thinking that was [Dm] true
If the animal in question hadn't [A] put that chap to [Am] shame
And re-[Em]marked, "[F] I h'aint a h'Elk, I'm a G[E7]nu"
[A] "I'm a Gnu, I'm a Gnu
The g-nicest work of g-nature in the [Bm] zoo
I'm a Gnu, [F#] how do you [Bm] do
You [F#] really ought to k-now w-ho's w-[Bm]ho's
[A] I'm a Gnu, spelt G-N-U
I'm g-[E7]not a Camel [A] or a Kangaroo
[G] So [Bm] let me intro-[Ab]duce
I'm g-[G]neither man or [F#m] moose
Oh g-[B7]no g-[Em]no g-no I'm a G[A]nu"
[D] [G] [D] [Em] [F] [A] [G]
[C] Well, I had taken furnished [Cm] lodgings down at [G] Rustington-on-Sea
[A] Whence I travelled [Am] on to Ashton-under-[Bm]Lyne
And the [B7] second night I [Em] stayed there I was [B7] woken from a dream
That I'll [Dm] tell you all about some other [G] time
Among the hunting [C] trophies on the wall above my [G] bed
[C] Stuffed and [F] mounted, was a [Em] face I thought I [Dm] knew;
A Bison? No, it's not a Bison.
An Okapi? Unlikely, Could it [A] be a [Am] Hartebeest?
When I though I heard a voice...
{c: }
[A] "I'm a Gnu, I'm a Gnu, a g-nother gnu
I wish I could g-nash my teeth at [Bm] you
I'm a Gnu, [F#] how do you [Bm] do
You [F#] really ought to k-now w-ho's w-[Bm]ho's
[A] I'm a Gnu, spelt G-N-U
Call me [E7] Bison or Okapi and I'll [A] sue
G-[B7]nor am I the least like that [Am] dreadful Hartebeest,
Oh g-[B7] no g-[Em]no g-no I'm a G[A]nu
g-[B7] no g-[Em]no g-no I'm a G[A]nu
g-[B7] no g-[Em]no g-no I'm a G[A]nu"
