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