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 


[Refrão]
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 
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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 
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But when I got a little older, I learned I had to kill them myself 
 

[Refrão]
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 
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verse 3 
F                   C                    G 
People walk around, they don't know what they're doing 
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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 
 

[Refrão]
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 
My way