Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Difficulty: Novice
Am E7 F G7 C
Over there in India a Hindoo resides smoking his hoakam all day
Am E7 F Fm D7 G7
Opium and bits of rope and fag ends besides, a wise man from the East Whitechapel way
G7 C E7 A7
He's got a lovely palace on the beach
D7 Ab9 G9 C Am Dm7 G7
He's the Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
C E7 A7
He's got twelve bedrooms with eight wives in each
D7 Ab7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C
He's the Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
Am E7 F
He's got one wife who wears a veil, it covers half her face
D7 G7
From her nose right to her toes you'll see nothing else but space
C E7 A7
She'll dance and waggle her "San Fairy Ann"
D7 Ab7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C
For the Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
Am E7 F
He practices his magic in the Eastern bazaar
G7 C
Slave girls come under his spell
Am E7 F
When he puts on the fluence
Fm
They don't know where they are
D7 G7
He does Indian tricks and dirty tricks as well
G7 C E7 A7
Now what he fancies always does him good
D7 Ab9 G9 C Am Dm7 G7
He's the Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
C E7 A7
He lives on rice, roast beef and Yorkshire pud
D7 Ab7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C
He's the Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
Am E7
He wears a dishcloth round his waist
F
His favourite wife called Nellie
D7
Said, "You'd look well if the darned thing fell
G7
You'd have nowt to cover your...
C E7 A7
He said "Who cares, I could always wear a fan
D7 Ab9 G9 C Am Dm7 G7
I'm a Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
C E7 A7
He looks just like a Nabob of renown
D7 Ab7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C
He's the Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
C E7 A7
A Nabob, two bob, three bob, half a crown
D7 Ab9 G9 C Am Dm7 G7
He's a Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo man
Am E7
A Princess brought him jewels and said
F
"For all your love I yearn"
D7
But jewels could not compare with what
G7
He went and gave her in return
C E7 A7
He's ninety nine, but he does all he can
D7 Ab7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C
For a Hindoo, Howdoo, Hoodoo, Yoodoo Man
