At The Zoo Chords

by Simon & Garfunkel
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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2 contributors total, last edit on Dec 27, 2023

Chords

Amaj7
A7
D7
G
G/F#
Em
A6
D7/F#

Strumming

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Amaj7 x-0-2-1-2-0
A7    x-0-2-0-2-0
G/F#  2-x-0-x-x-x
A6    x-0-2-2-2-2
D7/F  2-x-0(2-1-2)
 
 
[Link]
Amaj7
Someone told me
                   A7
It's all happening at the zoo
D7
 I do believe it
G     G/F# Em
 I do be-  lieve it's true
 
Em G/F# G
Mm-mh-  mh
G  G/F# Em
Mm-mh-  mh
Em   G/F# G
Whoa-oa-  oah
G  G/F# Em
Mm-mh-  mh
 
[Verse 1]
Em   G/F# G                 Em
It's a    light and tumbled journey
Em   G/F# G            G/F# Em
From the  East Side to the  park         4/4  6/4
Em   G/F# G           G/F# Em           | D7 | % |
Just a    fine and fancy   ramble to the zoo
 
[Verse 2]
            G             G/F# Em
But you can take the crosstown bus
        G          G/F# Em
If it's raining or it's cold
    G/F#  G       G/F# Em             A6
And the   animals will love it if you do ...
      | Em | A6 | Em |
If you do
 
[Link]
Amaj7
Something tells me
                   A7
It's all happening at the zoo
D7
 I do believe it
G     G/F# Em
 I do be-  lieve it's true
 
Em G/F#  G
Mm-mh-   mh
G  G/F# Em
Mm-mh-  mh
Em   G/F#  G
Whoa-oa-   oah
G  G/F# Em
Mm-mh-  mh
 
[Verse 3]
Em  G/F# G                 Em
    The  monkeys stand for honesty
G/F# G            G/F# Em
Gi-  raffes are insin- cere,
    G/F# G         G/F# Em                | D7 | D7   D7/F# |
And the  elephants are  kindly but they're dumb
 
[Outro]
G           G/F# Em
 Orangutans are  skeptical
   G          G/F#  Em
Of changes in their cages
        G         G/F# Em          | G    G/F# | Em |
And the zookeeper is   very fond of rum
G          G/F# Em
Zebras are re-  actionaries
G         G/F# Em
Antelopes are  missionaries
G            G/F# Em
Pigeons plot in   secrecy
    G             G/F# Em
And hamsters turn on   frequently
       G           G/F# Em
What a gas, you gotta   come and see
      | G    G/F# | Em |
At the zoo
      | G    G/F# | Em |
At the zoo
 
(repeat and fade)
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5 comments
thecitychicke1
Did you actually type "and so on"? On a chords site? It's a pet peeve of mine when people start to tab out a song, and then they just cut and paste lyrics, and instruct us to just extrapolate the chords from the first verse and chorus they tabbed out. Because it's chords site, not a lyrics site. There are already lots of lyrics sites. There's an autoscroll feature on this site because a lot of people are using this site to 'read' the music as they go. But you have taken it one step further. . . you didn't even cut and paste the lyrics! You just typed "and so on"! That's the first time ever ever seen that level of laziness on this site.
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jltc008
The / in the chords tells you what bass note to play. For example, G/F# means you play a G chord with an F# in the bass.
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ehill5051
You fer sure got the chords right and I appreciate that. The Amaj7 / A7 / D7 intro is pretty unique and it would have taken me a lot of trial and error to figure it out on my own. Unlike the other commenter I think it's ok to say "and so on" ... because it's pretty much a done deal at that point ... G/F# and Em all the way out. Thanks.
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