{"id":11220,"date":"2022-06-24T03:03:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T03:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11220"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:12:42","slug":"when-i-see-an-elephant-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/when-i-see-an-elephant-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"When I See an Elephant Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n

When I See An Elephant Fly\r\nMusic by Oliver Wallace; Lyrics by Ned Washington\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nF6<\/span> F#dim<\/span> Gm7<\/span> C9<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n        Gm<\/span>     C9<\/span>             F6<\/span> E7<\/span>  F6<\/span>\r\nI saw a peanut stand, heard a rubber band\r\n        Gm<\/span>          C9<\/span>         F6<\/span>\r\nI saw a needle that winked its eye\r\n      F6<\/span>      F#dim<\/span>          Gm<\/span>   Bbm<\/span>\r\nBut I think I will have seen everything\r\n     F6<\/span>       Gm<\/span> C9<\/span>    F6<\/span>\r\nWhen I see an elephant fly\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n        Gm<\/span>     C9<\/span>                  F6<\/span> E7<\/span>   F6<\/span>\r\nI saw a front porch swing, heard a diamond ring\r\n        Gm<\/span>        C9<\/span>       F6<\/span>\r\nI saw a polka-dot railroad tie\r\n      F6<\/span>      F#dim<\/span>          Gm<\/span>   Bbm<\/span>\r\nBut I think I will have seen everything\r\n     F6<\/span>       Gm<\/span> C9<\/span>    F6<\/span>\r\nwhen I see an elephant fly\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n\r\nBbmaj7<\/span>                    Bbm<\/span>\r\nI saw a clothes horse, he r'ar up and buck\r\nF6<\/span>                                 F6<\/span>    E7<\/span>  F6<\/span>\r\nAnd they tell me that a man made a vegetable truck\r\nBbmaj7<\/span>             Bbm<\/span>\r\nI didn't see that, I only heard\r\n    F6<\/span>         F#dim<\/span>          Gm<\/span>        C9<\/span>\r\nBut just to be sociable, I'll take your word\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n          Gm<\/span>       C9<\/span>            F6<\/span>  E7<\/span>   F6<\/span>\r\nI heard a fireside chat, I saw a baseball bat\r\n           Gm<\/span>             C9<\/span>          F6<\/span>\r\nAnd I just laughed till I thought I'd die\r\n    F6<\/span>     F#dim<\/span>            Gm<\/span>   Bbm<\/span>\r\nBut I'd be done see'n about everything\r\n     F6<\/span>       Gm<\/span> C9<\/span>    F6<\/span>\r\nWhen I see an elephant fly\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge 2]\r\nBb             Bbm\r\nI even heard a chocolate drop\r\nF                          F E     F\r\nI went into a store, saw a bicycle shop\r\nBb                 Bbm\r\nYou can't deny the things you see\r\n    F              F#dim               Gm         C9\r\nbut I know there's certain things that just can't be\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n          Gm     C9             F6  E7   F6\r\nThe other day by chance, saw an old barn dance\r\n           Gm              C9          F6\r\nAnd I just laughed 'till I thought I'd die\r\n      F6      F#dim          Gm   Bbm\r\nBut I think I will have seen everything\r\n     F6       Gm C9    F6\r\nwhen I see an elephant fly\r\n
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SHEET MUSIC When I See An Elephant Fly Music by Oliver Wallace; Lyrics by Ned Washington [Intro] F6 F#dim Gm7 C9 [Verse 1] Gm C9 F6 E7 F6 I saw a peanut stand, heard a rubber band Gm C9 F6 I saw a needle that winked its eye F6 F#dim … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWhen I See an Elephant Fly<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,133,126,116,117,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29441,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220\/revisions\/29441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}