Christmas Camel
Procol HarumVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(descending piano glissando)
piano arr. for guitar :
Gm
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-------------------|
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-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
My Amazon six-triggered bride
Now searching for a place to hide
Still sees truth quite easily
Shrouds all else in mystery
While madmen in top hats and tails
Impale themselves on six inch nails
And some Arabian also-ran
Impersonates a watering can
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
(guitar solo over verse chords)
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
And some Arabian oil well
Impersonates a padded cell
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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Readable chord sheet for Christmas Camel by Procol Harum
(descending piano glissando)
piano arr. for guitar [2x: band enters 2nd time]:
[Gm] [Cm] [G] [Gm] [Gm] [Cm] [G] [Gm]
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-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[Gm]My Amaz[G]on six-t[Eb]riggered b[Bb]ride
N[Bb]ow searching for a p[Cm]lace to h[Gm]ide
S[Gm]till sees tr[G]uth quite [Eb]easi[Bb]ly
S[Bb]hrouds all else in [Cm]myst[Gm]ery
While m[Cm]admen [Eb7] in top [Gm] hats and tails
[Cm] Impale thems[Eb7]elves on [Gm] six inch nails
And s[Bb]ome Ar[Gm]abian [Cm]also-[Gm]ran
[Bb] Imperson[Gm]ates a w[Cm]atering [Gm]can
[repeat intro w/full band after each verse]
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
(guitar solo over verse chords)
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
And s[Bb]ome A[Gm]rabian [Cm]oil w[Gm]ell
[Bb] Imperson[Gm]ates a [Cm]padded c[Gm]ell
[repeat intro; end cold on last Gm of 2nd repeat]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers