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I Wanna Be Like You

by Louis Prima

Written by: Sherman & Sherman

I WANNA BE LIKE YOU Sherman & Sherman Louis Prima Am E7 Now ||: I'm the king^of the | swing ers / the | jun gle V I | P..P / I've | ||: try to kid me | man cub / and | dont get in a | stew ww / What | ||: ape your man ner | is sms / we’ll | be a set of | twins ss / No | Am | reached d^the top and | had d^to stop and | thats what both^er ing | me ee / I | | I..I^de sire is | mans s^red fire so | I can be like | you uu / Give | | one e^will know where | man n^cub ends and^o | rang u tan be | gins ss / And | E7 | wan^na^be^a man nn | man cub / And | stroll right in to | town nn / And | | me the se cret | man cub / Just | clue me what to | do oo / Give | | when I eat ba | na nas / I^wont | peel them with my | feet tt / Cause | Am G7 | be just like e^the | oth er men I'm | tired of mon^key ing | a^round / oh hh | | me the power of | mans red flower and | make my dream come | true / oh hh | | I’ll be come e^a | man man cub And | learn some et ti | keet / oh hh | C A7 D7 | ooh ooh oh / | ~ I^wan^na be like | you ooh ooh / | / / ~ I^wan^na | walk like you / | G7 C A7 Dm7 G7 C | Talk like you / | too ooh ooh / | / You'll see its | true ooh ooh / | / An ape like | A7 D7 G7 C | me eeh eeh / | / / / Can | learn to be / | Hu ooh ^ooh man n | too ooh ooh / | E7 1. | / / / Don’t :|| E7 2. | / / / I’ll :|| 3. | / / / / ||

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I Wanna Be Like You is performed by Louis Prima and written by Sherman & Sherman. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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