Key: C major
Verse 1
Am
Ab
I know a real fine family
Am
C
Am
from Baghdad
Nobody bothers old Bad Dad
He's a hustler, and a stealer,
and a shuffler, and a dealer,
D
G
and he likes to gamble in Baghdad
and deal em, and sweat em,
and hard to bluff, and stuff,
gamblin' rides,
and rambles in Baghdad
He plays nice, and cards,
and likes his whiskey hard,
D
G
and he'll party all night in Baghdad
and cheat him
Gm
G
when he fed his mammal one night
C
Am
as he gambled in Baghdad
he lost with a flush
and that's a pretty good
hand in Baghdad
He's a -mummin' and grummin' and fummin' and
D
G
stummin' and walkin' the streets of Baghdad
C
He's sittin' and drinkin' and pettin' and thinkin'
Gm
G
There's no doubt about it,
he can't live without his humpback
and riots and rambles in Baghdad
He plays dice and cards
and likes his whiskey hard
D
G
and a fight every night in Baghdad
and cheat him
when he bedded his mammal one night
C
Am
as he camelled in Baghdad
and he's a -herding for certain
and he's working every
day and that's bad
He's a -missing his mammal
and wishing his camel
D
G
had never been bedded in Baghdad
F
praying and paying for the camel that he had
the very best camel
with a tailor -made hump
his humpback camel
and rides and rambles in Baghdad
Plays dice and cards and likes
his whiskey hard,
D
G
no fight of the night in Baghdad
C
He'll bet him and beat him and stack him and
cheat him and call any bet in Baghdad
F
G
But he lost his gamble
G
C
One night as he gambled him back
Outro 1
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