Ivan Skavinsky Skavar chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
  G7G7             C majorC
The harems of the desert are a sight to behold
    FF           C majorC
And the harlots are lovely and fair
    G7G7               C majorC
But the fairest, a Greek, belonged to a sheikh
  G7G7        C majorC
Called Abdul Abulbul Amir.


Verse 2:
 G7G7           C majorC
A augmentedA travelling brothel came down from the North
     FF           C majorC
That was privately run for the Tsar
   G7G7                C majorC
Who often would brag that none could out-shag
   G7G7       C majorC
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

Verse 3:
 G7G7            C majorC
A augmentedA day was arranged for the spectacle great
 FF            C majorC
A augmentedA visit was planned by the Tsar
  G7G7                   C majorC
And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame
  G7G7        C majorC
Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar


Verse 4:
   G7G7           C majorC
They met at the track with cocks at the slack
  FF             C majorC
A augmentedA starter's gun punctured the air
     G7G7                    C majorC
Both were quick to the rise, the crowd gaped at the size
  G7G7       C majorC
Of Ivan and Abdul Amir


Verse 5:
   G7G7                 C majorC
They worked through the night neath the pale yellow light
  FF           C majorC
Old Abdul he revved like a car
    G7G7                   C majorC
But he could not compete with the slow steady beat
  G7G7       C majorC
of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar

Verse 6:
  G7G7         C majorC
The wager was won, Ivan shouldered his gun
     FF         C majorC
And bent down to polish the pair
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When something red hot up his back passage shot
    G7G7       C majorC
It was Abdul Abulbul Amir


Verse 7:
  G7G7            C majorC
The harlots turned green, the men shouted "Queen!"
     FF            C majorC
They were ordered to part by the Tsar
   G7G7               C majorC
Twas bloody bad luck, for Abdul was stuck
  G7G7        C majorC
Up Ivan Skavinsky Skavar


Verse 8:
    G7G7            C majorC
When at last they were broke, the cream of the joke
  FF              C majorC
Was laughed at for years by the Tsar
  G7G7                 C majorC
For Abdul, the fool, had left half his tool
    G7G7        C majorC
Inside Ivan Skavinsky Skavar


Verse 9:
  G7G7             C majorC
The sad Grecian maiden her long vigil keeps
    FF                C majorC
With a husband whose tastes have turned queer
     G7G7                   C majorC
With the nights growing long, she longs for the dong
  G7G7       C majorC
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir