Oh Effendi chords by 10cc

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Oh Effendi

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Chord shapes used:
A augmentedA [x02220]  D MajorD [xx0323]  D5D5 alt[xx0775]
Gadd9Gadd9 [xx5435] Cm6/D [xx0545] F#augF#aug [xx4332] AaugAaug [xx7665]
C#6C#6 [x46666] Bb7Bb7 [xx3334]
Gmadd9Gmadd9 [xx5335] Cmaj7Cmaj7 [xx5557]

[riffing esp with 6ths behind the A augmentedA and D MajorD chords throughout verses]

A augmentedA      D MajorD

A augmentedA
In the middle of a caravan

On a four wheel drive oasis
D MajorD
There's a man with a thought in mind

To cash in on the desert faces
A augmentedA
He's got a truckload of Yorkshire girls

For your harem going places
D MajorD
And the border bums never saw

The guns in the whiskey cases
     A augmentedA
There's a real, big demand

And it's written in the palm of his hand
      D MajorD
He's gonna change the face of the desert
             D5D5   Gadd9Gadd9  Cm6/D
He's gonna sweep away the sand
A augmentedA
Hang on sheik, I've got a yellow streak

I ain't here, I'm a mirage
D MajorD
Get back Des, keep it under your fez

And don't give us away in the massage
A augmentedA
Look what I did for the pyramid

I put a pool in and made it pay
      D MajorD
I built an elevator and a film theatre

And I shipped it to the U.S.A.
        A augmentedA
'Cos there's a real big demand

And it's written in the palm of my hand
     D MajorD
I'm gonna change the face of the desert
             D5D5
I'm gonna sweep away the sand

Gadd9Gadd9  Cm6Cm6
Hang on friends!

     F#augF#aug          AaugAaug
There's a lot more goodies in the pipeline

  C#6C#6          Bb7Bb7
So this ain't the time to close the deal

Gmadd9Gmadd9    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Here's the deal


D MajorD    D/C#         Bb majorBb
Ooh, now you've got a Howitzer all of your own
D MajorD     D/C#        Gm/Bb
Ooh, and a Panzer division to chauffeur you home
  D MajorD     G+G
Gun running is fun
  BbmBbm   C# minorC#m   G+G (no 5th) A augmentedA (no5th)
But hang on, friends, hang on  friends

D MajorD    E MajorE    A augmentedA      D MajorD

A augmentedA
Allah be praised, there's a whole new craze

We're gonna shoot up the foreign legion
     D MajorD
And it's up with the sheik

And down with the Frog

We're gonna liberate the region!
A augmentedA
Oh Effendi, we're gonna bury your head in the sand
D MajorD
Oh Effendi, you better get off my doggone land
   A augmentedA
Hey, Prince of the moonbeams

Son of the Sun, Light of a thousand stars
   D MajorD
Your gorillas are urban And there's bourbon on your turban

And the sun shines out of your ass
A augmentedA
Oh Effendi, I'm gonna grovel in your wake
D MajorD
Oh Effendi, it's all been a big mistake
       A augmentedA
You're gonna cut out my liver If I don't deliver

Things are getting out of hand
       D MajorD
I'm going to ride off into the sunset and
               D5D5
Make a deal with the promised land

Gadd9Gadd9   Cm6Cm6
Goodbye friends
    F#augF#aug          AaugAaug
There's no more goodies in the pipeline