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A Christmas Camel

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
                          "A Christmas Camel"
                      (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro:
        (descending piano glissando)
        piano arr. for guitar [2x: band enters 2nd time]:
         Gmv       v       Cm/Gv       Gmv         Gmv       Cm/Gv       Gmv       v
        ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
        ---------3-3---3-4---3-----------|-3-3---3-4---3-------------------|
        ---------3-3---3-5---3-------3---|-3-3---3-5---3-------------------|
        -5-------5-5---5-5---5-------3---|-5-5---5-5---5-------------------|
        ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
        -3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Verse 2:
        GmMy AmazGon six-tEbriggered bBbride
        (Bb)                        Cm  Gm  
        Now searching for a place to hide
        (Gm)                  G    Eb  Bb  
        Still sees truth quite easily
        (Bb)                  Cm  Gm  
        Shrouds all else in mystery
        While mCmadmen     Eb7in top    Gmhats and tails
           CmImpale themsEb7elves on    Gmsix inch nails
        And sBbome ArGmabian   Cmalso-Gmran
           BbImpersonGmates a   wCmatering Gmcan
        [repeat intro w/full band after each verse]
Verse 2:
        Some Santa Claus-like face of note
        Entreats my ears to set afloat
        My feeble, sick, and weary brain
        And I am overcome with shame
        And hide inside my overcoat
        And hurriedly begin to quote
        And some Arabian   sheik most grand
        Impersonates a   hot dog stand
Instrumental break:
        (guitar solo over verse chords)
Verse 3:
        Red Cross ambulance outside
        Could only mean that I must hide
        'Til dusk and finally the night
        When I will make a hasty flight
        Across the sea and far away
        To where the weary exiles stay
        And some Arabian   oil well
        Impersonates a   padded cell
Coda:
        And sBbome AGmrabian   Cmoil wGmell
           BbImpersonGmates a   Cmpadded cGmell
        [repeat intro; end cold on last Gm of 2nd repeat]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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A Christmas Camel

by Procol Harum

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cm/G

Eb7

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"A Christmas Camel"

(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro:

(descending piano glissando)

piano arr. for guitar [2x: band enters 2nd time]:

Gm Cm/G Gm Gm Cm/G Gm

v v v v v v v v

---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

---------3-3---3-4---3-----------|-3-3---3-4---3-------------------|

---------3-3---3-5---3-------3---|-3-3---3-5---3-------------------|

-5-------5-5---5-5---5-------3---|-5-5---5-5---5-------------------|

---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Verse 2:

Gm G Eb Bb

My Amazon six-triggered bride

Bb Cm Gm

()

Now searching for a place to hide

Gm G Eb Bb

()

Still sees truth quite easily

Bb Cm Gm

()

Shrouds all else in mystery

Cm Eb7 Gm

While madmen in top hats and tails

Cm Eb7 Gm

Impale themselves on six inch nails

Bb Gm Cm Gm

And some Arabian also-ran

Bb Gm Cm Gm

Impersonates a watering can

[repeat intro w/full band after each verse]

Verse 2:

Some Santa Claus-like face of note

Entreats my ears to set afloat

My feeble, sick, and weary brain

And I am overcome with shame

And hide inside my overcoat

And hurriedly begin to quote

And some Arabian sheik most grand

Impersonates a hot dog stand

Instrumental break:

(guitar solo over verse chords)

Verse 3:

Red Cross ambulance outside

Could only mean that I must hide

'Til dusk and finally the night

When I will make a hasty flight

Across the sea and far away

To where the weary exiles stay

And some Arabian oil well

Impersonates a padded cell

Coda:

Bb Gm Cm Gm

And some Arabian oil well

Bb Gm Cm Gm

Impersonates a padded cell

[repeat intro; end cold on last Gm of 2nd repeat]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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