The road to Morocco    (video)

 

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1. We're off on the road to Morocco,

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    this camel is tough on the spine.

        Em                        Am                     Em                   Am

    Where they're goin', why we're goin', how can we be sure ?

        Em                    Am                            D                G

    I'll lay you eight to five that we'll meet Dorothy Lamour.

 

    G                   G7           C

2.    Off on the road to Morocco,

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    hang on till the end of the line.

       Em                           Am                      Em                         Am

    I hear this country's where they do the dance of the seven veils,

            Em                       Am                           D                    G

    we'd tell you more, but we would have the censor on our tails.

            G          G7          E        - A

    We certainly do get around,

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    like Webster's Dictionary we're Morocco bound.

 

               G              G7            C

3. We're off on the road to Morocco,

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    well, look out, well, clear the way, 'cause here we come.

            Em                 Am                       Em                       Am

    The men eat fire, sleep on nails and saw their wives in half,

        Em                           Am                      D                  G

    it seems to me there should be easier ways to get a laugh.

 

     G                   G7            C

4.      Off on the road to Morocco,

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    Hooray! Well, blow a horn, everybody duck,

 

    it's a green light, come on boys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    We may run into villains but we're not afraid to roam,

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    because we read the story and we end up safe at home.

G                 G7         E       - A

    Certainly do get around,

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    like Webster's Dictionary we're Morocco bound.

 

 

5. instrumental = verse 2

 

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    We certainly do get around.

 

(spoken : ) Like a complete set of Shakespeare that you get

 

     in the corner drugstore for a dollar ninety-eight.

                    G         C

    We're Morocco bound !

 

 (Spoken : ) Or, like a volume of Omar Khayyam that you buy in the

 

    department store at Christmas time for your cousin Julia.

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    We're Morocco bound !

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Bing Crosby)