Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
N.C. Bb5Bb5
Clean the way! Clean the way!
BbmBbm
Make way! For Prince Ali!
Say hey! It's Prince Ali
Verse 1:
BbmBbm
Hey, clear the way in the old bazaar
FF
Hey you! Let us through!
It's a bright new star
BbmBbm
Oh, come
Eb MajorEb EbmEbm
be the first on your block to meet his eye
C majorC
Make way! Here he comes!
Ring bells! Bang the drums!
FF
Oh, you're gonna love this guy!
Chorus:
BbmBbm
Prince Ali, fabulous he, Ali Ababwa.
Bb majorBb BbmBbm
Genuflect, show some respect, boy, genuflect
EbmEbm
down on one knee
FF BbmBbm
Now try your best to stay calm
DbDb GbGb
Brush up your Sunday salaam
C majorC FF
Then come and meet his spectacular coterie
GbGb FF BbmBbm
Prince Ali, mighty is he, Ali Ababoua
EbmEbm
Strong as ten regular men, definitely
FF BbmBbm
He faced the galloping hordes
DbDb GbGb
A augmentedA hundred bad guys with swords
C7C7 F7F7
Who sent these goons to their lords?
BbmBbm
Why Prince Ali
Verse 2:
Fellas, he's got
EbmEbm BbmBbm
He's got seventy-five golden camels
EbmEbm BbmBbm
Purple peacocks, he's got fifty-three
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
EbmEbm BbmBbm FF
When it comes to exotic-type mammals
DbDb
Everybody help me out!
GbGb
Has he got a zoo? I'm telling you
C majorC FF
It's a world-class menagerie!
Chorus:
GbGb B minorBm
Prince Ali, handsome is he, Ali Ababwa!
BB
That physique! How can I speak;
E minorEm GbGb E minorEm
weak at the knee You yummy boy
A augmentedA GbGb B minorBm
So, get on out in that square,
D MajorD G+G
Adjust your veil and prepare.
DbDb GbGb B minorBm
To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Ali, oops
Verse 3:
E minorEm B minorBm
He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys
N.C.
He's got the monkeys, a bunch of monkeys
E minorEm B minorBm
And to view them he charges no fee
D MajorD
He's generous, so generous
E minorEm B minorBm
He's got ten thousand servants and flunkies
Proud to work for him
G+G
They bow to his whim, love serving him
DbDb
They're just lousy with loyalty to
GbGb
Ali …
Bridge:
G+G
Prince Ali
G minorGm
Prince Ali
N.C.
We're waiting for you!
N.C. G+G
We're not going until you go
N.C. G minorGm
You can do it
N.C. G+G
There it is
Chorus:
C minorCm G minorGm C majorC G+G G minorGm C minorCm
Prince Ali, amorous he! Ali Ababwa!
C majorC F minorFm
Heard your princess was hot, where is she?
G+G C minorCm
And that good people is why,
AbAb
He got dolled up and dropped by.
Bridge:
D MajorD N.C.
With sixty elephants, llamas galore For real?
FF N.C.
With his bears and lions What?
C minorCm
A augmentedA brass band and more
Bb majorBb
With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers
C minorCm AbAb
His birds that warble on key
Outro:
G+G C minorCm
Make way for Prince Ali!