Rockin' In Bagdad chords by Jerry Reed

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Gm 
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Over in Bagdad
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in the burning sand
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We've got a new kinda rhythm
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B 
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that's real cool and
They put a beat to the rhyth
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Gm 
m of their an cient land
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D 
Then what do they get, a crazy style
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And it's driving old Bagdad wild
They're rockin' in Bagdad,
having a ball
Jumping in Bagdad,
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climbing the wall
Bagdad's rocking tonight
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Gm 
G 
Doing that boogie up right
D 
They're going like mad,
C 
a- rocking in old Bagdad

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Verse 2
Gm 
G 
Abm 
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Abm 
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Abm 
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A   long
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Ab 
Abm 
time ago back in old Bagdad
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Gm 
The dance of  the seven
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Abm 
veils was   the fad
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The sultan got hip to these
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rhythm and   blues
Gm 
And now he's got a pair
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of rocking shoes
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Abm 
His harem is a- bopping to a boogie beat
Gm 
They even got the camels
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hopping down  the street
Gm 
A snake charmer threw
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his little flute away
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Gm 
Got a guitar now and he's
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learning to play
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Gm 
Something's really happened
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in old Bagdad
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'Cause they're doing that boogie
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And they're going like
that
Bagdad's rocking tonight
G 
They're doing that boogie up right
D 
They're going like mad,
C 
Gm 
a- rocking in old Bagdad

Interlude 1

Abm

Verse 3
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Abm 
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Abm 
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Now them
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B 
G 
Gm 
Abm 
G 
cats ride camels from miles around
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Abm 
To hear this new kinda rhythm that
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Gm 
Abm 
old Bagdad found
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Gm 
Abm 
What happens when they hear
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Gm 
this crazy mixed- up  sound
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D 
They start to shake, like a snake
And they're making old
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Bagdad quake
They're rockin' in Bagdad,
having a ball
Jumping in Bagdad,
C 
climbing the wall
Bagdad's rocking tonight
G 
Doing that boogie up right
D 
They're going like mad,
C 
a- rocking in old Bagdad