Chords for PETER SKELLERN - Abdul Abulbul Amir

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[Dm] The sons of [G] the Prophet [C] are brave men and bold [F] and quite _ unaccustomed [E] to fear
_ [C] _ But [Dm] the bravest [G] by far in [C] the ranks [B] [Am] of the Shah was [F#] Abdul [G] _ Abulbul [C] Amir _ _ _
[Dm] Now the heroes [G] were plenty [C] and well known to fame [F] in the troops that were led by [C] the Tsar _ _ _
[Dm] And the bravest [G] of these was [C] a man [B] by [Am] the name of Ivan _ [Em] Skavinsky [C] _
-Skovar _ _ _
[Dm] One day this [Em] bold Russian [C] had shouldered his gun [F] and donned his most _ [C] truculent sneer _ _
[Dm] Downtown he [G] did go where [C] he trod [Am] on the toe of Abdul [B] _ [C] Abulbul Amir _ _ _
[Dm] Young man, called [G] Abdul, [C] has life grown so dull [F] that you wish to end your [C] career _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Vile [G] infidel, no, you [C] have trod on [Am] the toe [D] of Abdul [G] _ Abulbul [C] Amir
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Said Ivan, [G] my friend, [C] your remarks in the end _ [F]
will avail you but little, [C] I fear
[G] _ [C] For [Dm] you ne'er will [G] survive to [C] repeat them [Am] alive, Mr.
Abdul [G] _ Abulbul [C] Amir _ _ _
[Dm] So take your [B] last look [C] at sunshine and brook [F] and send your regrets to the [C] Tsar
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[Dm] By this I [G] imply you [C] are going to die, [F#] Count Ivan [G] _ Skavinsky [C]-Skovar _ _ _
They fought all that night near the pale yellow moon
The dinnit wizard from afar _ _ and [Dm] huge multitudes _ came
[C] So great was [Am] the fame of Abdul [Em] and Ivan _
[C] Skavar
_ _ [Dm] The Sultan [G] drove by in [C] his red-breasted fly, _
[Dm] expecting [F] the victor [C] to cheer
_ _ But [Dm] he only [G] drew nigh just [C] to hear the [Am] last sigh [F#] of Abdul [G] _ _
[C] Abulbul _ Amir _
[Dm] Tsar _ [G] Petrovich too, in his [C] _ spectacles blue, rode [F] up in his new [C] crested [G] car
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[Dm] He arrived just [G] in time to [C] exchange a [Am] last line with Ivan [Em] _ Skavinsky [C] _ -Skovar
_ There [Dm] the tomb [G] rises up [C] where the blue Danube rolls, [F] _ _ engraved in _ [Am] characters [G] clear
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[Dm] Our stranger [G] when passing, [C] oh, pray [Am] for the soul [D] of Abdul [G] _ _
[C] Abulbul _ _ Amir _
[Dm] A musk of [G] _
[C] outmaidon her lone vigil keeps, meet the [F] light of the pale [C] polar star _ _ _
[Dm] And the name that [G] she murmurs [C] so oft as [Am] she weeps is Ivan [G] _
Skavinsky [C] _ -Skovar _ _
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