Chords for The Maharajah of Magador
Tempo:
186.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [Fm]
There's a rich [C] Maharaja [F] of Magadha [C] who had ten thousand camels and [Fm] maybe more.
rubies and pearls [Fm] and the loveliest girl, [Eb] but he didn't know how [D] to [Ab] do [Gm] the rumba.
[C] He could afford [Eb] a big reward, so [C] to his people [Ab] one day he [C] said,
[Abm] [Gm] [Bb]
[G] [C] [F]
[Abm] [G]
[C] which [F] means, take my [Gm] rubies and take [C] my pearls, take my camels [F] and take my girls,
There's a rich [C] Maharaja [F] of Magadha [C] who had ten thousand camels and [Fm] maybe more.
rubies and pearls [Fm] and the loveliest girl, [Eb] but he didn't know how [D] to [Ab] do [Gm] the rumba.
[C] He could afford [Eb] a big reward, so [C] to his people [Ab] one day he [C] said,
[Abm] [Gm] [Bb]
[G] [C] [F]
[Abm] [G]
[C] which [F] means, take my [Gm] rubies and take [C] my pearls, take my camels [F] and take my girls,
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_ _ _ _ There's a rich _ [C] _ Maharaja _ [F] of Magadha _ [C] _ _ who had ten _ thousand camels and [Fm] maybe _ more.
He [Bbm] had rubies and pearls [Fm] and the loveliest girl, [Eb] but he didn't know how [D] to _ [Ab] do [Gm] the rumba.
_ _ [C] _ He could afford _ [Eb] a big reward, so [C] to his people [Ab] one day he [C] said,
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_ _ _ [C] which [F] means, take my [Gm] rubies and take [C] my pearls, take my camels [F] and take my girls,
[Gb] rumba lessons [Gm] I want it for, the rich Maharaja [F] of _ Magadha.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Fm] So a slick [C] little chick _ [Fm] answered, that's for me, _ to the ad [C] he had placed in [Fm] _
Variety.
_ _ _ When [Bbm] she saw his _ expense, she could tell at a glance that he'd never learn [D] how to [Db] do [Gm] the rumba.
_ _ _ He had his wealth, he had [C] his health, so he looked in [E] her eyes [C] and said, _
[F] _ _ Take [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ my rubies and take [C] my pearls, take my camels [F] I'll keep my girls,
from [E] now on you'll [Gm] be working for the rich Maharaja [F] of _ Magadha.
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ He [Fm] was anxious [Gm] to learn, so [D] she taught him right, _ _ but she taught him [Gm] the thrill of [Fm] a moonlight night.
_ _ He [F] _ discovered the bliss _ of a half _ [C]-promised kiss, but he never learned how to [Db] _
do [Gm] the rumba. _ _ _
[C] And on the day [G] she went away, you could [Am] hear all the [C] people say,
_ [F] She took his [Gb] [Gm] rubies and took his pearls, took [C] his camels [F] and all his girls,
took [Gb] his money [Gm] and what is more, [C] she made the rich [Ab] Maharaja, the [C] poor [Gm] Maharaja of _ _
[A] _ Magadha.
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_ _ _ _ There's a rich _ [C] _ Maharaja _ [F] of Magadha _ [C] _ _ who had ten _ thousand camels and [Fm] maybe _ more.
He [Bbm] had rubies and pearls [Fm] and the loveliest girl, [Eb] but he didn't know how [D] to _ [Ab] do [Gm] the rumba.
_ _ [C] _ He could afford _ [Eb] a big reward, so [C] to his people [Ab] one day he [C] said,
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_ _ _ [C] which [F] means, take my [Gm] rubies and take [C] my pearls, take my camels [F] and take my girls,
[Gb] rumba lessons [Gm] I want it for, the rich Maharaja [F] of _ Magadha.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Fm] So a slick [C] little chick _ [Fm] answered, that's for me, _ to the ad [C] he had placed in [Fm] _
Variety.
_ _ _ When [Bbm] she saw his _ expense, she could tell at a glance that he'd never learn [D] how to [Db] do [Gm] the rumba.
_ _ _ He had his wealth, he had [C] his health, so he looked in [E] her eyes [C] and said, _
[F] _ _ Take [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ my rubies and take [C] my pearls, take my camels [F] I'll keep my girls,
from [E] now on you'll [Gm] be working for the rich Maharaja [F] of _ Magadha.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ He [Fm] was anxious [Gm] to learn, so [D] she taught him right, _ _ but she taught him [Gm] the thrill of [Fm] a moonlight night.
_ _ He [F] _ discovered the bliss _ of a half _ [C]-promised kiss, but he never learned how to [Db] _
do [Gm] the rumba. _ _ _
[C] And on the day [G] she went away, you could [Am] hear all the [C] people say,
_ [F] She took his [Gb] [Gm] rubies and took his pearls, took [C] his camels [F] and all his girls,
took [Gb] his money [Gm] and what is more, [C] she made the rich [Ab] Maharaja, the [C] poor [Gm] Maharaja of _ _
[A] _ Magadha.
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