Oh Effendi chords by 10cc

Oh Effendi

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Chord shapes used:
A [x02220]  D [xx0323]  D5 alt[xx0775]
Gadd9 [xx5435] Cm6/D [xx0545] F#aug [xx4332] Aaug [xx7665]
C#6 [x46666] Bb7 [xx3334]
Gmadd9 [xx5335] Cmaj7 [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  Cm6/D
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  Cm6
Hang on friends!

     F#aug          Aaug
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 (no 5th) A (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   Cm6
Goodbye friends
    F#aug          Aaug
There's no more goodies in the pipeline