Vashti Bunyan - 17 Pink Sugar Elephants

standard tuning , capo 7th fret

this is a simplified version , based on her bbc interview performance
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Em C B7
i saw seventeen pink sugar elephants
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sitting under a chestnut tree
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i said good morning pink sugar elephants
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but they wouldn’t speak to me

Am Em Am Em
each had two eyes but they couldn’t see me there
Am Em Am Em
each had four legs but they couldn’t go anywhere
C
and so we just sat
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that early autumn morning
G D Am Em
sun not yet risen and magic everywhere

Am Em Am Em
lalalala lalalala
C B7 Em
laaaaaaaa lalala

Em C B7
i walked up to one pink sugar elephant
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asked why wouldn’t he speak to me
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but he was a factory – made pink sugar elephant
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given to children for treats after tea

Am Em Am Em
he had two eyes but he couldn’t see me there
Am Em Am Em
he had four legs but he couldn’t go anywhere
C
and so we just sat
D Dsus4
that early autumn morning
G D Am Em
sun not yet risen and magic everywhere

Am Em Am Em
lalalala lalalala
C B7 Em
laaaaaaaa lalala