Em B7 Em    C B7 Em


[Verse 1]

Em B7 Em    G                 B
To Bombay a travelling circus came,
    F#7                     B            F#7            B
they brought an intelligent elephant and Nellie was her name.

Em  B7   Em         G          B
One dark night she slipped her iron chain
    F#7            B                 F#7         B
and off she ran to Hindustan and was never seen again


(Music stops)

Ooooooooooooooooh


[Chorus]

(faster)

E                                        A                    E
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus
A                  E                F#7           E 
Off she went with a trumpety-trump, TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
    E                                    A                        E
Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trumbled back to the jungle
A                   E               F#7    B7     E
Off she went with a trumpety-trump. TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!


Em    B7 Em         G             B
Night by night, she danced to the circus band,
     F#7                    B              F#7                 B
when Nellie was leading the big parade she looked so proud and grand

Em B7   Em         G            B
No more tricks for Nellie to perform
     F#7               B                  F#7               B
they taught her how to take a bow and she took the crowd by storm


(Music stops)

Ooooooooooooooooh


[Chorus]
E                                        A                    E
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus
A                  E                F#7           E 
Off she went with a trumpety-trump, TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
    E                                    A                        E
Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trumbled back to the jungle
A                   E               F#7    B7     E
Off she went with a trumpety-trump. TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!

F Bb F Bb F G7 C
after last chord: C

    Bb                           F    Bb  F
The head of the herd was calling far, far away;
     G7                   C                   G7      C
they met one night in the silver light on the road to Mandalay

Ooooooooooooooooh


[Chorus]


[Outro]

F Bb F Bb F G7 C
F Bb F Bb F G7 C7 F