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Oom Pah Pah - Oliver!

Intro: D7 / / Am / / G / / G / /

Verse 1
G / / G / / C / / C /
There's a little ditty, They're singin' in the city,
/ D7 / / D7 / / C / / D / /
E-specially when they've been On the gin or the beer.
G / / G / / C / / C /
If you've got the patience, Your own imaginations
/ D7 / / D7 / / C / / G//
Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear

Chorus
G / / Em / / C / / Am / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes,
D7 / / Am / / G / / D7 / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows
G / / G / / C / / Am / /
They all suppose what they want to sup-pose
D7 / / Am / / G / / G / /
When they hear oom-pah-pah!

Verse 2
G / / G / / C / / C /
Mister Percy Snodgrass would often have the odd glass
/ D7 / / D7 / / C / / D7 / /
But never when he thought an y bod - y could see.
G / / G / / C / / C /
Secretly he'd buy it, and drink it on the quiet,
/ D7 / / C / / G / / G//
And dream he was an Earl Wiv' a girl on each knee!

Chorus
G / / Em / / C / / Am / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes,
D7 / / Am / / G / / D7 / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows
G / / G / / C / / Am / / D7 / / Am / / G / / G / /
What is the cause of his red shiny nose? Could it be oom-pah-pah?

Arrangement by Sally Paice

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Verse 3
G / / G / / C / / C /
Pretty little Sally goes walkin' down the alley,
/ D7 / / D7 / / C / / D7 / /
Displays her pretty ankles for all of the men.
G / / G / / C / / C /
They could see her garters, But not for free and gratis
/ D7 / / D7 / / C / / G//
An inch or two, and then She knows when to say when!

Chorus
G / / Em / / C / / Am / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes,
D7 / / Am / / G / / D7 / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows
G / / G / / C / / Am / / D7 / / Am / / G / / G / /
Whether it's hidden, or whether it shows, It's the same, oom-pah-pah!

Verse 4
G / / G / / C / / C /
She was from the country, But now she's up a gum-tree
/ D7 / / D7 / / C / / D7 / /
She let a feller feed 'er, and lead 'er a-long.
G / / G / / C / / C /
What's the good of cryin'? She's made a bed to lie in.
/ D7 / / D7 / / C / / G//
She's glad to bring a coin in, and join in this song!

Chorus
G / / Em / / C / / Am / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes,
D7 / / Am / / G / / D7 / /
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows
G / / G / / C / / Am / /
She is no longer the same blushin' rose !
D7 / / Am / / G / / G
Ev - er since OOOMM!-pah-pah! Ooooh !

Arrangement by Sally Paice