G#
It's a blue, blue jungle
G#7 G# G#7
Ev'ry vine, ev'ry tree
C#
Yes, it's a blue, blue jungle
C#7 G# G#7
Not like it used to be
D#7
Because my little buddy
C#7 G#
My little Mowgli's far from me
G#7
An' I got the misery
G#
Oh, they civilized my mancub
G#7 G# G#7
Washed his face and combed his hairâ??sticky gooey stuff, yeah
C#
They civilized my mancub
C#7 G# G#7
Gave him way-out clothes to whereâ??nowhere
D#7
They're messin' with my Mowgli
And he would've made one swell bear
G# G#7
Oh, I'm on the road to ruin
G# G#7 G#
Stewin' 'bout him night 'n day
C# C#7
Yes, I'm just a broodin' bruin
C# C#7 G# G#7
Stewin' while I'm turnin' gray
D#7
I've got to have my mancub
C#7 G#
Gotta get him back here right awayâ??someway
G#
And if anybody tries to stop me
G#7 G#
He better bring all the help he can
G#7
Hear me talkin' to ya
C# C#7
I said if anybody tries to stop me
G#
He gonna get a one-way ticket to the promised land
G#7
I'm preachin' now
D#7
'Cause I'm gonna cave in his casaba
C#
I'm gonna pull it off
G# C# G# A-G#7
And then lay it in his hand
G#
I've got those sad-about-'im
G#
Can't-live-without-'im
C# G#
Baloo blues