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Thread #56142 Message #876029
Posted By: Bullfrog Jones
27-Jan-03 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Camel songs - anyone know one?
Subject: Lyr Add: ALI BABA'S CAMEL (Neil Innes)
As mentioned by Les from Hull, ALI BABA'S CAMEL, courtesy of Neil Innes :
Key: Cm
Capo: 3, play Am
Intro: Cm
(Capo:) (Am)
Cm
(Am)
You've heard of Ali-Baba
Forty thieves, had he
Fm Cm
(Dm) (Am)
Out for what we all want
D G
(B) (E)
Lots of L.S.D.
Cm
(Am)
He also had a camel
Stole it from a zoo
D
(B)
How he loved the camel
G
(E)
And the camel loved him, too
nc
(nc)
(Oh, how the camel loved Ali-Baba)
C
(A)
Ali-Baba's camel
F
(D)
Loved Ali-Baba so
C
(A)
No matter where he went to
D G
(B) (E)
The camel had to go
C
(A)
Some say that he's in Heaven
F
(D)
But this, I know, is true
C F
(A) (D)
Wherever you think Ali's gone
G C
(E) (A)
His camel's gone there, too
Instr: Cm G Cm Ab G
(Am) (E) (Am) (F) (E)
Cm
(Am)
Crossing the Equator
Ooooh, how hot it was!
Fm Cm
(Dm) (Am)
Poor old Ali-Baba
D G
(B) (E)
Cursed and swore, because
Cm
(Am)
He was so very thirsty
And everybody knows
D
(B)
It's horrible to walk for miles
G
(E)
With sand between your toes
nc
(nc)
(Oh, how the camel loved Ali-Baba)
C
(A)
Ali-Baba's camel
F
(D)
Turned 'round and licked his hand
C
(A)
He said, "Oh, Ali-Baba,
D G
(B) (E)
I surely understand.
C
(A)
We must find an oasis
F
(D)
And get a drink, somehow.
C F
(A) (D)
But hark, I hear the temple bells,
G C
(E) (A)
They'll all be open now."
Instr: Cm G
(Am) (E)
Cm
(Am)
They entered for the races
At the Desert Sports
Fm Cm
(Dm) (Am)
There goes Ali's camel
D G
(B) (E)
In his filthy cotton shorts
Cm
(Am)
The starter cracked his pistol
Off the camel's head
D
(B)
Ali-Baba's camel wins
G
(E)
By half a camel's hair
nc
(nc)
(Hey, Ali-Baba!
Hey, Ali-Baba!
Your camel loves you!
Your camel loves you!)
C
(A)
Ali-Baba's camel
F
(D)
Had run for miles and miles
C
(A)
His tail was pointing backwards
D G
(B) (E)
That's how a camel smiles
C
(A)
But Ali and his camel
F
(D)
They both were out of breath
C F
(A) (D)
They'd run so far, they laughed so much
G Cm G
(E) (Am) (E)
They laughed themselves to death
Cm
(Am)
Ooooh, gather 'round the campfire
Sing a roundelay
Fm Cm
(Dm) (Am)
But don't sing out of tune, though
D G
(B) (E)
('cause that's the ?cheap today?)
Cm
(Am)
Sing of Ali-Baba
Sing about his men
D
(B)
Sing about his camel
G
(E)
And then sing it all, again
nc
(nc)
(Oh, how the camel loved Ali-Baba)
C
(A)
Ali-Baba's camel
F
(D)
Loved Ali-Baba so
C
(A)
No matter where he went to
D G
(B) (E)
That camel had to go
C
(A)
Some say that he's in Heaven
F
(D)
But this, I know, as well
C F
(A) (D)
Wherever you think Ali's gone
G C#
(E) (A#)
His camel's gone to...
Instr: C F C D G
(A) (D) (A) (B) (E)
C F C F G C
(A) (D) (A) (D) (E) (A)
NB: Capo chords are in parentheses.
BJ