{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1879682,"song":"Abdul Abulbul Amir","artist":"Peter Skellern","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11422152-abdul-abulbul-amir-chords-by-peter-skellern/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1879682?type=chord","rating":4.54075,"votes":6,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd quite unaccustomed to fear,[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah,\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas Abdul Abulbul Amir.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the heroes were plenty and well known to fame[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the troops that were led by the Czar,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the bravest of these was a man by the name\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day this bold Russian had shouldered his gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd donned his most truculent sneer,[/tab]\r\n\r\nDowntown he did go where he trod on the toe\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf Abdul Abulbul Amir.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYoung man, roared Abdul, has life grown so dull[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat you wish to end your career?[/tab]\r\n\r\nVile infidel, know, you have trod on the toe\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf Abdul Abulbul Amir.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid Ivan \"My friend, your remarks in the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill avail you of little, I fear[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor you ne'er will survive to repeat them alive\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMr Abdul Abulbul Amir\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo take your last look at the sunshine and brook[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd send your regrets to the Czar[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor by this I imply, you are going to die,\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCount Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe din, it was heard from afar,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd huge multitudes came, so great was the fame,\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf Abdul and Ivan Skavar.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nExpecting the victor to cheer,[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh,\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf Abdul Abulbul Amir.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCzar Petrovich too, in his spectacles blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRode up in his new crested car[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe arrived just in time to exchange a last line\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd graved there in characters clear,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAre, \"Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf Abdul Abulbul Amir.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nA Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Neath the light of the cold polar star,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the name that she murmurs so oft as she weeps,\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nBut the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah,\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nAnd the bravest of these was a man by the name\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nDowntown he did go where he trod on the toe\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nVile infidel, know, you have trod on the toe\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nFor you ne'er will survive to repeat them alive\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\nFor by this I imply, you are going to die,\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\nAnd huge multitudes came, so great was the fame,\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\nBut he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh,\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\nHe arrived just in time to exchange a last line\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\nAre, \"Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\nAnd the name that she murmurs so oft as she weeps,","chords":["D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]}}}