Intro
[C7] [C]
Verse
[C] [C7]
Each morning, a missionary advertises neon sign
[C7] [A7] [D7]
He tells the native population that civilization is fine
[G7] [G7]
And three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree
(Eep! Eloki-pahee-sahana)
[G] [G] [C7] [D7] [G7] [G]
That civilization is a thing for me to see
Chorus
[C] [C] [C7] [C7]
So, bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
[D7] [C7] [G7] [G] [G]
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
[G7] [G7]
Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear
[D] [G]
That no matter how they coax him (Yep!) I'll stay right here
[C7] [C]
Verse
[C] [C7]
I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed (Magazine? What happens?)
[C7] [A7] [D7]
I see how people who are civilized bung you with automobile
(You know you can get hurt that way, Daniel?)
[G7] [G7]
At the movies, they have got to pay many coconuts to see
(What do they see, Danny?)
[G] [G] [C7] [D7] [G7] [G]
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me
Chorus
[C] [C] [C7] [C7]
So, bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
[D7] [C7] [G7] [G] [G]
Bingo, bangle, bungle, he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go
[G7] [G7]
Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear
[D] [G]
So, no matter how they coax him (Yep!) I'll stay right here
[C7] [C]
Verse
[C] [C7]
They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
(The Tringle-lingle-hoola-humbaloo Express!)
[C7] [A7] [D7]
And though it's smokey and it's crowded, they're too civilized to complain
(Alokoko-hosahima-hana)
[G7] [G7]
When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground
(What do they do, Danny?)
[G] [G] [C7] [D7] [G7] [G]
They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round
Chorus
[C] [C] [C7] [C7]
So, bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
[D7] [C7] [G7] [G] [G]
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
[G7] [G7]
Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears
[D] [G] [C]
So, no matter how they coax him (Yep!) I'll stay right here
Outro
[C] [C]
They have things like the atom bomb
[G] [A7]
So I think I'll stay where I am
[D7] [G] [C] [D7] [A7] [C]
Civilization, I'll stay right here
