BACK TO THE JUNGLE

Lyrics and Music by Jerry Paladino

Intro:
(C#m7)-(Bsus2/C#)-(Asus2/C#)
(C#m7)-(Bsus2/C#)-(C#m7)-(Bsus2/C#)
(C#m7)-(Bsus2/C#)-(C#m7)-(B)

Verse 1
Well, (C#m7)"right and wrong" when Dad was young
Was (F#7)very plain to everyone,
(E)Simple like the (Amaj7)A-B-C's
He (F#m/D#)learned when he was (G#7)three.
But those (C#m7)days of clarity are passed;
To(F#7)day they're teaching in our class
That (E)any point of (Amaj7)view is true,
And (F#m/D#)there are (G#7)no more (C#m7)absolutes.(F#)

Verse 2
They teach (C#m7)man descended from the ape,
So (F#7)monkey ways we imitate,
We (E)follow where our (Amaj7)impulse leads
And (F#m/D#)do just as we (G#7)please.
Yes, (C#m7)morally we've been advised
To (F#7)do what's right in our own eyes;
And (E)while we're feeling (Amaj7)free at last,
Our (F#m/D#)society is crumblin' (G#7)fast,
and we're headed...

Chorus 1
(C#m)Back to the jungle,
'Cause we're (F#/C#)throwing out all of the rules,
We (A)broke with our fore(G#)fathers,
Kicked the (C#m)Good Book (E)out of the schools;(F)-(F#)-(G#)
Turned a (C#m)blind eye and a deaf ear
To the (F#/C#)wisdom that's from above,
So it's (F#m)back (G#m)to the (A)jungle(B),
Un(A)less we get back (G#)to the God of (C#m7)love.

(C#m)-(F#7)-(C#m)-(F#7)

Verse 3
You know, in (C#m7)science and technology,
We're (F#7)pressing forward rapidly,
But (E)looking at things (Amaj7)morally,
How are (F#m/D#)our priori(G#7)ties?:
We (C#m7)save the whales, the rats, the pests,
But (F#7)kill the babies God would bless.
We (E)shell out for a (Amaj7)probe in space,
But (F#m/D#)don't give a (G#7)damn about the (C#m7)human race.(F#7)

Verse 4
Oh, (C#m7)television's laid good taste aside-
Pan(F#7)dora's box is open wide;
Now (E)good is evil, and (Amaj7)evil's good,
Or (F#m/D#)so says Holly(G#7)wood.
We've (C#m7)all acquired a taste for blood-
A (F#7)show without some is a dud;
We (E)eat it up and (Amaj7)then lament
Our (F#m/D#)streets our vio(G#7)lent,
And we're headed...

Chorus 2
(C#m)Back to the jungle,
'Cause we're (F#/C#)throwing out all of the rules,
We (A)broke with our fore(G#)fathers,
Kicked the (C#m)Good Book (E)out of our schools(F)-(F#)-(G#);
Turned a (C#m)blind eye and a deaf ear
To the (F#/C#)wisdom that's from above,
So it's (F#m)back (G#m)to the (A)jungle(B),
Un(A)less we get back...(G#)
(C#m)-(Caug)-(E/B)-(F#)-(A)-(B)

Verse 5
(C#m)Oh, how much longer (Caug)will we stand
The mass confusion (E/B)in our land?
All our wisdom's (F#)in defeat
As (A)hatred (B)rules the (C#m)streets!
We've tried man's theories long e(Caug)nough-
This world's headed down and (E/B)I'm fed up.
Wake up now and buck the (F#)tide
And (A)stop this (B)downward (C#m)slide!

[Repeat Verse 5]

Music break: (C#m7)-(Bsus2/C#)-(C#m7)-(Bsus2/C#) [Two times]

Lead break: (C#m7)-(Bsus2/C#)-(Asus2/C#)-(Bsus2/C#) [two times]

[Repeat Chorus 1]

(C#m)-(Bsus2/C#)-(Asus2/C#)-(Bsus2/C#)

(C#m)We have got to,
We've (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back, we've gotta get back!
Oh, (Asus2/C#)we have got to,
We've (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back, oh, oh!
(C#m)We have got to,
We've (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back, we've gotta get back!
Oh, (Asus2/C#)we have got to,
We've (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back, oh, oh!
[We gotta get back to the God of love!]
(C#m)We have got to, we've (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back,
We've gotta get back [to the God of love!]
Oh, (Asus2/C#)we have got to,
We've (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back, oh, oh!

We (C#m)gotta get back,
We gotta to get back, we gotta to get,
We (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back,
We gotta to get back, we gotta to get,
We (Asus2/C#)gotta get back,
We gotta to get back, we gotta to get,
We (Bsus2/C#)gotta get back,
We gotta to get back, we gotta to get ...

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