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Oh Effendi

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Oh Effendi
10cc
Chord shapes used: 
A            D           D5
  [x02220]    [xx0323]    alt[xx0775]
Gadd9      Adim       G#aug
 [xx5435]   [x04545]   [xx6554]
C#6       Bb7
 [x46666]  [xx3334]
Gmadd9    Cmaj7
 [xx5335]  [xx5557]
[riffing esp with 6ths behind the A and D chords throughout verses]
A           D
A
In the middle of a caravan
On a four wheel drive oasis
D
There's a man with a thought in mind
To cash in on the desert faces
A
He's got a truckload of Yorkshire girls
For your harem going places
D
And the border bums never saw
The guns in the whiskey cases
          A
There's a real, big demand
And it's written in the palm of his hand
           D
He's gonna change the face of the desert
                          D5     Gadd9   Adim
He's gonna sweep away the sand
A
Hang on sheik, I've got a yellow streak
I ain't here, I'm a mirage
D
Get back Des, keep it under your fez
And don't give us away in the massage
A
Look what I did for the pyramid
I put a pool in and made it pay
           D
I built an elevator and a film theatre
And I shipped it to the U.S.A.
               A
`Cos there's a real big demand
And it's written in the palm of my hand
          D
I'm gonna change the face of the desert
                         D5
I'm gonna sweep away the sand
Gadd9    Adim
Hang on friends!
          G#aug
There's a lot more goodies in the pipeline
   C#6                    Bb7
So this ain't the time to close the deal
Gmadd9        Cmaj7
Here's the  deal
D        D/C#                  Bb
Ooh, now you've got a Howitzer all of your own
D          D/C#               Gm/Bb
Ooh, and a Panzer division to chauffeur you home
    D          G
Gun running is fun
    Bbm   C#m   G         A
                 (no 5th)  (no5th)
But hang on, friends, hang on    friends
D        E        A            D
A
Allah be praised, there's a whole new craze
We're gonna shoot up the foreign legion
         D
And it's up with the sheik
And down with the Frog
We're gonna liberate the region!
A
Oh Effendi, we're gonna bury your head in the sand
D
Oh Effendi, you better get off my doggone land
     A
Hey, Prince of the moonbeams
Son of the Sun, Light of a thousand stars
     D
Your gorillas are urban And there's bourbon on your turban
And the sun shines out of your ass
A
Oh Effendi, I'm gonna grovel in your wake
D
Oh Effendi, it's all been a big mistake
             A
You're gonna cut out my liver If I don't deliver
Things are getting out of hand
             D
I'm going to ride off into the sunset and
                              D5
Make a deal with the promised land
Gadd9   Adim
Goodbye friends
        G#aug
There's no more goodies in the pipeline

Oh Effendi chords and lyrics

Free chords for Oh Effendi by 10cc. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Oh Effendi
10cc
Chord shapes used: 
A  [x02220]   D [xx0323]   D5 alt[xx0775]
Gadd9 [xx5435]  Adim [x04545]  G#aug [xx6554]
C#6 [x46666]  Bb7 [xx3334]
Gmadd9 [xx5335] Cmaj7 [xx5557]
[riffing esp with 6ths behind the A and D chords throughout verses]
A           D 
On a four wheel drive oasis
To cash in on the desert faces
For your harem going places
The guns in the whiskey cases
And it's written in the palm of his hand
I ain't here, I'm a mirage
And don't give us away in the massage
I put a pool in and made it pay
And I shipped it to the U.S.A.
And it's written in the palm of my hand
D        E        A            D
We're gonna shoot up the foreign legion
And down with the Frog
We're gonna liberate the region!
Son of the Sun, Light of a thousand stars
And the sun shines out of your ass
Things are getting out of hand

Oh Effendi Chords by 10cc

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The chords for "Oh Effendi" show the original chord names (including A, D, D5, Gadd9, Adim, G#aug). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.