F
In your homeland you're a legend
Cadd9
All the people know your name
Bb F
On the battlefield and off you are superior
Achmed:
(Spoken) I know.
Gm
In the kingdom though I'm finding
Gm/F#
that my only claim to fame
Bb C
is an incident involving my posterior
Soldiers:
Bb C
Posterior
Achmed:
(Spoken) Please.
F
I've won scores of bloody wars
F7 A
And mopped the floors with my foes
D5 F
But no one remembers Achmed
F7 Bb
I've eviscerated peasants
D5
From their heads down to their toes
G5 C5
But no one remembers Achmed
Dsus2
Say my name in these parts
Gm Gm7
And you'll get a vacant stare
G7
Until you mention tigers
C
Or spotted underwear
Soldiers:
C B5 C5
Spotted underwear!
Achmed:
F
So to restore my repute
A
As a fierce fearsome brute,
Eb D7
There's only one route I see
Gm C7
Arrange the slaughter of millions
A7 Dsus4 D
Of innocent civil - ians
Gm C F
Then they'll remember me
F F/E D5 C5 x5
(Dialogue)
Soldiers: (Alternating) (Achmed:)
F
Caked in mud or drenched in blood
F
You smell as fresh as a flower
((Spoken) I guess.)
F C
But no one remembers Achmed
Gm
You can pleasure sixty concubines
Gm
In only an hour ((Spoken) Less!)
Gm G5
But no one remembers Achmed
Achmed:
A7 Dm
Back home I was a hero
Gm
Ladies trembled when I spoke
G
But here the women treats me
C
Like a throwaway joke
Soldiers:
C7
Throw him away
Achmed:
F
I'm a god on Earth but darnit
A
Even deities incarnate
Eb D7 Gm
Now and then can feel a little insecure
Soldiers:
F5
Insecure
Achmed:
(Gm) Em7
All I want is some affection
A7
This rejection's almost
Dm
Too much to endure...
Soldiers:
Bb D7
To endure Look at all he must endure
Gm G/F# E5 D5 x2
F F/E D5 C5 x8
(Dialogue)
Soldiers:
F F/E Dm (C) F
You ooze sex when you flex
A A/G F5 E5
Those impeccable pecs
Achemd:
Dm Dm/C Cm7
But the princess rejects me still
Bb Bb/A Gm Gm/F
She may not love me yet
D D7
But I'm willing to bet
Gm Bb C
That once I kill all her people she will...
Soldiers:
Yes she will
Yes she absolutely will
Achmed:
Dm
Let them laugh, that's just fine
Dm/C
But the last laugh will be mine
All:
Dm6/B Bb
'Cause they can't laugh when they're all dead
Gm C C7
I'll make them all regret
Am Dm
The day they chose to forget
Achmed:
Gm C
(Spoken) What's that name everyone?
Soldiers:
Bb
Tiger-fucker!
Achmed:
(Spoken) No!
F F/E Dm C
(Spoken) Like I said, what's that name?
Soldiers:
Gm C
You're the cock of the walk
Am D7
With abs as hard as a rock
Gm C F F/E
Nevermore will they mock you Achmed
Soldier:
D/F# D7 Gm Gm/F Bb C7
He fucked a tiger
Achmed:
(Spoken) I did not fuck a tiger!
Soldiers:
F A Dm
They'll remember Achmed...
C F A Dm
They'll remember Achmed...
C F A Dm C#5 C7
They'll remember Achmed...
Achmed:
F
They'll remember me...
Soldiers:
F
Tiger fucker, Tiger fucker, Achmed is a tiger fucker!
Bb
They'll remember Achmed
F
The tiger fucking man!