Key: F
Introduction:
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Midnight at the o - a - sis --
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Send your camel to bed
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Shadows paintin' our fa -ces,
F7 Bb9 Em7 G/B A7
Tra - ces of romance in our heads.
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Heaven's holdin' a half-moon
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Shinin' just for us
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Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon
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And kick up a little dust.
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Come on, Cactus is our friend
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He'll point us out the way.
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Come on, till the evenin' ends,
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Till the evenin' ends.
Dm7 G7 C7(9) Am7
You don't have to an - swer --
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There's no need to speak
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I'll be your belly dan - cer, pran - cer,
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And you can be my sheik.
(Instrumental Interlude - 1 Verse & 1 Refrain)
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I know your Daddy's a sul -tan,
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A nomad known to all,
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With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him,
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Jump at his beck and call.
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But you won't need no harem, honey,
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When I am by your side
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And you won't need no cam - el, no no,
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When I take you for a ride.
Dm7 G7C7(9)Am7
Midnight at the o - a - sis --
Dm7 G7 C7(9) Bb9
Send your camel to bed
Dm7 G7 C7(9)
Got shadows paintin' our fa - ces,
F7 Bb9 Em7 G/B A7
And tra - ces of romance in our heads.