C                     F      C                  D G
Let me tell you of an interview with an Old Man Emu,
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he’s got a beak and feathers and things,
                             G      C
but the poor old fella ain't got no wings.
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Aren’t you jealous of the wedge tailed eagle?
                    D  G
oom ba-da di-doo ba da da


(false notes)

“While the Eagle’s flying round and round,

I keep my two feet firmly on the ground.

Now, I cant fly, but I’m telling you: I can run the pants off a kangaroo.“

 
C                 F          C                       D   G
Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
C                    F       C                               G    C
He can’t fly but I’m telling you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo.

[interlude]
C  F  C     C  G  C
 
C                            F     C                          D  G
Well, he was a model for the fifty cents, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
C                        F        C                          G  C
the designer should have had more sense, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.


(false notes)
“If you take a look, it will prove to you,

I ran the pants off that kangaroo.”

 
C                 F          C                       D   G
Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
C                    F        C                           G    C
take a look, it will prove to you, he ran the pants off a kangaroo.

[interlude]
C  F  C     C  G  C
 

C                              F    C                        D  G
You can’t loop the loop like a cockatoo, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
C                      F   C                          G  C
swoop and toss like an albatross, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.

(false notes)
“You silly galah, I’m better by far,

than a white cockatoo or a budgerigar.

They squeak and squawk and try to talk,

why, me and them's like cheese and chalk.”

 
C                 F          C                       D   G
Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
C                    F       C                                 G    C
He can’t fly but I’m telling you, he could run the pants off a kangaroo.

[interlude]
C  F  C      C  G  C x2

 
C                  F          C                        D  G
Well, a dingo came around one day, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
C                      F     C                          G  C
“Hey there, emu, do ya wanna play?” oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.

(false notes)
But the emu was too smart for him,

walked right up an’ kicked him in the shins.

 
C                 F          C                       D   G
Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
C                    F       C                                 G      C
He can’t fly but I’m telling you, he could run the pants off a dingo, too.

[interlude] 
C  F  C     C  G  C x2

 
C                         F       C                        D  G
Well, the last time I saw old man emu, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
C                F      C                            G  C
he was chasing a female he knew, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
C                F          C  
As he shot past I heard him say

(false notes)
[panting noises]

“She can’t fly but I’m telling you, she can run the pants off a kangaroo.”
 
C                 F          C                       D   G
Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
C                     F       C                                  G    C
She can’t fly but I’m telling you, she could run the pants off a kangaroo.
 
[interlude]
C  F  C    C  G  C x2
 
 
C                       F       C                          D  G
Well, there is no moral to this ditty, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
C                   F        C                           G  C
thrush can sing but he ain't pretty, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
C                  F        C                   G      C
Duck can swim, but he can’t sing, nor can eagle on the wing,
C                      F       C                               G    C
emu can’t fly, but I’m telling you: he can run the pants off a kangaroo!
 
[interlude]
C  F  C    C  G  C
 

C                                 F         C
Well, the kookaburra laughed, and he said, “It’s true,
                    G   C
oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
C              F   C                               G    C
haaa ha ha ha, ha, hoo, he can run the pants off a kangaroo!”
C        F  C             G  C
Ha ha ha ha ha, aah ha ha ha haa