Cm7         F7      Cm7       F7         Bb
If I could talk to the animals,   just i-magine it, chatting with a chimp in chimpan-zee
        Cm7          F7     Dm7             G7       C7                               F7
Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah, what a neat achievement it would be!

[Verse 2]
            Cm7         F7      Cm7                F7         Bb
If we could talk to the animals,   learn all their languages, maybe take an animal de-gree
          Cm7          F7     Dm7         G7      C7                         F7
I’d study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle, alligator, guinea pig, and flea

[Chorus]
            Fm7      Bb7            Eb                  Fm7      Bb7          Eb
I would con-verse in polar bear and python, and I would curse in fluent kanga-roo
          Gm7        C7                F                      C7               Cm7  F7
If people asked me, "Can you speak rhi-noceros?" I’d say, "Of courseros, can't you?"

[Verse 3]
         Cm7             F7            Cm7       F7      Bb
If I con-ferred with our furry friends,   man to animal, think of the a-mazing repar-tee
           Cm7           F7       Dm7           G7
If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals
Cm        D7         Gm              C7      Cm7               F7      Bb F#7
Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals,   and they could talk to me

[Verse 4]
         C#m7        F#7        C#m7            F#7           B
If I con-sulted with quadrupeds,     think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea!
         C#m7                    F#7    Ebm7             G#7
Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions
C#7                                 F#7
What a lovely place the world would be!

[Verse 5]
           C#m7       F#7       C#m7        F#7           B
If I spoke slang to o-rangutans,     the ad-vantages, why any fool on earth could plainly see!
           C#m7            F#7          Ebm7         G#7
Discussing Eastern art and dramas, with intellectual llamas
C#7                                F#7
That's a big step forward you'll a-gree!

[Chorus]
             F#m7     B7           E                    F#m7      B7           E
I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle, and my Pekin-ese would be extremely good
          G#m7     C#7           F#                    C#7            C#m7  F#7
If I were asked to sing in hippo-potamus, I'd say "why-notamus" and I would!

[Verse 6]
           C#m7        F#7        C#m7        F#7        B
If I could parlay with pachyderms,     it's a fairy tale worthy of Hans Anderson and Grimm
          C#m7           F#7          Ebm7           G#7
A man who walks with the animals, and talks with the animals
C#m        Eb7         G#m              C#7     C#m7                     F#7 B
Grunts and squeaks and squawks with the animals,     and they could talk to  him!

[Instrumental]
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Bb
Cm7 F7 Dm7 G7 C7 F7

[Chorus]
          Gm7   C7         F                    Gm7      C7              F
I'd study every creature's language, so I could speak to all of them, on sight
                 Am7            D7            G
If friends said "can he talk in crab or maybe pelican"
                D7                         Dm7   G7
You'd say "Like hell, he can" and you'd be right!

[Verse 7]
           Dm7           G7          Dm7          G7            C                                 C C/D C/E
And if you just stop and think of it,     ain't no doubt of it, I'm gonna win a place in histo-ry
           Dm7           G7       Em7           A7
If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals
Dm     E7      Am              D7
Grunt, squeak, squawk with the animals
Dm7                                                 G7                   C F7  C F7  C F7  C
     And  they  could squeak...and...squawk...and...speak..and...talk to me!