{"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":2558256,"song":"Ivan Skavinsky Skavar","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11514670-ivan-skavinsky-skavar-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2558256?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe harems of the desert are a sight to behold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the harlots are lovely and fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the fairest, a Greek, belonged to a sheikh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCalled Abdul Abulbul Amir.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA travelling brothel came down from the North[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat was privately run for the Tsar[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho often would brag that none could out-shag[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCount Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA day was arranged for the spectacle great[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA visit was planned by the Tsar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd huge multitudes came, so great was the fame[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf Abdul and Ivan Skavar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey met at the track with cocks at the slack[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA starter's gun punctured the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBoth were quick to the rise, the crowd gaped at the size[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf Ivan and Abdul Amir[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey worked through the night neath the pale yellow light[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Abdul he revved like a car[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he could not compete with the slow steady beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nof Ivan Skavinsky Skavar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe wager was won, Ivan shouldered his gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd bent down to polish the pair[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen something red hot up his back passage shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was Abdul Abulbul Amir[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe harlots turned green, the men shouted \"Queen!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were ordered to part by the Tsar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTwas bloody bad luck, for Abdul was stuck[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUp Ivan Skavinsky Skavar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen at last they were broke, the cream of the joke[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas laughed at for years by the Tsar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor Abdul, the fool, had left half his tool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInside Ivan Skavinsky Skavar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sad Grecian maiden her long vigil keeps[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a husband whose tastes have turned queer[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G7[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the nights growing long, she longs for the dong[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf Abdul Abulbul Amir[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]","chords":["G7","C","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}