Tuning: EADGBE Chords: F : 133211 C : -3555x G : 355433 Strumming: ? ? ??? F F xFF ? ? ??? C C xCC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 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
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Riki Tiki Tavi Acoustic by Donovan