Christmas Camel

Intro:

        (descending piano glissando)

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

         Gm            Cm/G  Gm  
         v       v       v       
          Gm    Cm/G Gm
v         v       v       v       v

E|--------------------------------
B|---------3-3---3-4---3----------
G|---------3-3---3-5---3-------3--
D|-5-------5-5---5-5---5-------3--
A|--------------------------------
E|-3------------------------------

E|-|--------------------------------
B|-|-3-3---3-4---3------------------
G|-|-3-3---3-5---3------------------
D|-|-5-5---5-5---5------------------
A|-|--------------------------------
E|-|--------------------------------

Verse 2:

        Gm     G       Eb    
        My Amazon six-triggered 
    Bb
bride
        (Bb)                 Cm   
        Now searching for a place 
    Gm
to hide
        (Gm)         G       
        Still sees truth quite 
  Eb  Bb
easily
        (Bb)                Cm  Gm
        Shrouds all else in mystery
               Cm    Eb7        
        While madmen     in top    
Gm
hats and tails
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        Cm             Eb7      
           Impale themselves on    
Gm
six inch nails
             Bb    Gm      Cm   Gm
        And some Arabian   also-ran
        Bb         Gm        Cm  
           Impersonates a   
    Gm
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   Gm       Cm   Gm
        And some Arabian   oil well
        Bb         Gm       Cm   
           Impersonates a   
   Gm
padded cell