Half step down

I stared in every high school play

Blew every drama teacher away

Graduated first in my class at Juilliard

Took every acting workshop I could

And I dreamed of Hollywood

While I read my Uda Hagen

And studied the Bard

TRANSITION

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Pre-chorus

That's not the way that it's all worked out

Chorus

 I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride

Skipper Dan is the name

 And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same

Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears

Just like they've done for the last 50 years

 Now I'm laughing at my own jokes, but I'm crying inside

A B BACK TO INTRO/VERSE RIFF

'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride

Verse 2

(Con't Riff throughout)

Oh the critics they used to say, I was the new Olivier

Thought I'd be the toast of Sundance, or maybe Cannes

Prechorus

 Ah, but don't bother trying to IMDB me,

 The only place you might possibly see me,

 Is riding my little boat around Adventureland,

 It ain't exactly what I planned but

Chorus

 I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride

Skipper Dan is the name

 And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same

I would've killed if I'd been in Speed-the-Plow

But what's the difference that's all behind me now

 'Cause I'm paying the rent and I'm swallowing my pride

 And I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride

Bridge

 (KEY CHANGE TO )

I should be there on Broadway, knocking 'em dead in 12 Angry Men

But instead I'm here telling these lame jokes

(BACK TO KEY OF E)

Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again!

REPEAT CHORUS CHORDS FROM EARLIER OVER THE JUNGLE JOKES

[Bengal tigers can jump over 20 feet...

That's an African Bull-Elephant...

There it is the backside of water! What have I done with my life?]

LAST CHORUS W/ CHANGE

I should've listened when my Grandfather said

Why don't you major in business instead?

 Now my hopes are vanished and my dreams have all died

A B <----Chord change in this part of Chorus

And I'll probably work forever as a

Tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride

Skipper Dan is the name

 And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same

Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears

Somebody shoot me 'cause I'm bored to tears!

 Always said I'd be famous, I guess that I lied

 'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride

 I'm still working on the Jungle Cruise ride!