Rock the Casbah

Now the (Am7)king der told the boogie men,

(Em7)"You have to (G7)let that raga drop.

(Dm7)Drop The (Am7)oil er down the desert way

(Em7)has been (G7)shakin' to the top."

(Dm7)But The (Am7)sheik, he drove his Cadillac.

(Em7)electric camel drum.

He went (G7)acruisin' down the ville.

er got his (Dm7)gui tarpicking thumb.

The (Am7)muezzin was astanding had (Em7)cleared the square,

on the (Fmaj7)radiator grille.

(Dm7)Shareef don't like it.

(Em7)Rockin' the (Fmaj7)Casbah.

(Em7)Rock the (Am)Casbah.

(Dm7)Shareef don't like it.

(Em7)Rockin' the (Fmaj7)Casbah.

(Em7)Rock the (Am)Casbah.

By (Am7)or called of the proph fightet,

(Em7)He said, we (G7)ban that boogie sound.

(Dm7)Drop (Am7)Degen beate the faithaful

(Em7)with that (G7)crazy Casbah sound.

(Dm7)But the (Am7)Bedouin, they brought out the (Em7)echauffeured outta there,

He went The (G7)local guitar picker to the (Dm7)cock pit radio blare.

As (Am7)soon zin as the shareef was (Em7)outta their hair,

on the (Fmaj7)they began to wail.

(Dm7)Shareef don't like it.

(Em7)Rockin' the (Fmaj7)Casbah.

(Em7)Rock the (Am)Casbah.

(Dm7)Shareef don't like it.

(Em7)Rockin' the (Fmaj7)Casbah.

(Em7)Rock the (Am)Casbah.

By (Em7)Rock the (Am)Casbah.

Now, (Am7)over at the temple,

oh, they really pack 'em in.

The "in" crowd say it's cool

to dig this chanting thing.

But as the (Fmaj7)wind changed direction

and the temple band took five,

(G7)the (Am7)crowd caught a whiff

of that crazy Casbah jive.

(Dm7)Shareef don't like it.