Chords for Ray Stevens - "Ahab The Arab" (Music Video) [from Get Serious]

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[C] _ Let me tell you about A.
A.
A.
The sheik [F] of the burnin' [C] sand.
He had emeralds and rubies just a-drippin' off of him,
Had a ring on every finger of his hand.
He wore a good old turban wrapped around his head,
Scimitar by his side.
And every evening about midnight,
He'd jump on his camel named [Abm] [Am] Clyde
_ And ride silently [F] through the night to the Sultan's tent,
Where he'd secretly meet with Fatima of the Seven Veils,
Swingin' his grade-A number-one U.S. Choice
Government-inspected dancer into the Sultan's whole harem,
Cause him and her had a thing going, yeah.
And they'd been carrying on for some time now,
Behind the Sultan's back,
And you could hear him talk to his camel
[Am] As he rode out across the dunes.
[Gm] His voice [Am] would cut through the still night desert air,
And he'd say,
_ Which _ [F] _ _ _
there are many for.
Whoa, baby!
And Clyde's name,
_ _ [A] _ Well, [B] [C] he'd brought [G] that camel [C] to a screechin' halt,
In the rear of Fatima's tent
Jumped off Clyde, snuck around the corner,
And into the tent he went.
There he saw Fatima
Layin' on her zebra-skin rug,
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And a bone in her nose, ho, [Bm] ho
[Am] There she was, friends,
Lying there in all her radiant beauty
Eating on a raisin, grape, apricot,
Pomegranate, bowl of chitlins,
Two bananas, three candy bars,
Sipping on an ice cold Coca-Cola,
Listening to her transistor
And singing, does your chewing gum [Dm] lose its [Am] flavor?
Ahab walked up to her, looked down into her eyes
And tenderly he said,
Hi-ya, baby!
[F] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Which is Arabic [F] for,
Let's twist again like we did last summer, baby!
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
[Am] She looked up at him, mouthed a rug,
Flapped him big old eyelashes
_ And she said,
Ha, _ ha, ha, ha!
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Ha, ha, ha, _ [B] _ ha!
[C] Ha, ha, ha, ha! _ _
_ _ [F] _ [C] All of a sudden, a something walked in
[Eb] Ahab knew that this was the end
Him and Fatima [Gb] were caught by surprise
And the something had fire [G] flashing out [B] of his eyes
[C] Well, the something charged at [Dm] Ahab
[C] Intending to make a den in his head
But he fled with Fatima
And out of the tent they went
They jumped on fire, started to ride
Cutting out across the sand
With the something's whole army in hot pursuit
On and on they ran
[Am] Well, to make a long story short, they got away
Because they wanted no animal alive
What could [F] keep up with Clyde once he got started
Because he was the fastest steed
On the whole desert, baby!
Anyway, they made [Am] it across the border
Where Ahab hocked [A] all his rubies and emeralds
[Am] And bought him a swangy little split-level pad
And he lived happily ever after
[Dm] _ And that's the [C] story about Ahab the Arab
[Dm] Sheikah the [C] Burning Sand
_ Ahab the Arab
Sheikah the Burning Sand
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