Christmas Camel chords by Procol Harum

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

"A Christmas Camel"
(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro:

	(descending piano glissando)

	piano arr. for guitar [2x: band enters 2nd time]:

	 G minorGm      Cm/G G minorGm      G minorGm  Cm/G G minorGm
	 v    v    v    v     v    v    v    v
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
	---------3-3---3-4---3-----------|-3-3---3-4---3-------------------|
	---------3-3---3-5---3-------3---|-3-3---3-5---3-------------------|
	-5-------5-5---5-5---5-------3---|-5-5---5-5---5-------------------|
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
	-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Verse 2:

	G minorGm   G+G    Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
	My Amazon six-triggered bride
	(Bb majorBb)         C minorCm    G minorGm
	Now searching for a place to hide
	(G minorGm)     G+G     Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
	Still sees truth quite easily
	(Bb majorBb)        C minorCm G minorGm
	Shrouds all else in mystery
	    C minorCm  Eb7Eb7    G minorGm
	While madmen   in top  hats and tails
	C minorCm       Eb7Eb7   G minorGm
	  Impale themselves on  six inch nails
	   Bb majorBb  G minorGm   C minorCm  G minorGm
	And some Arabian  also-ran
	Bb majorBb     G minorGm    C minorCm   G minorGm
	  Impersonates a  watering can

	[repeat intro w/full band after each verse]

Verse 2:

	Some Santa Claus-like face of note
	Entreats my ears to set afloat
	My feeble, sick, and weary brain
	And I am overcome with shame
	And hide inside my overcoat
	And hurriedly begin to quote
	And some Arabian  sheik most grand
	Impersonates a  hot dog stand

Instrumental break:

	(guitar solo over verse chords)

Verse 3:

	Red Cross ambulance outside
	Could only mean that I must hide
	'Til dusk and finally the night
	When I will make a hasty flight
	Across the sea and far away
	To where the weary exiles stay
	And some Arabian  oil well
	Impersonates a  padded cell

Coda:

	   Bb majorBb  G minorGm    C minorCm  G minorGm
	And some Arabian  oil well
	Bb majorBb     G minorGm    C minorCm   G minorGm
	  Impersonates a  padded cell

	[repeat intro; end cold on last G minorGm of 2nd repeat]

THE END

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