Key: A
Introduction:
Am E7 Am
Make way for Prince Ali,
Am E7 Am
Say hey! It's Prince Ali
verse 1
Am
Hey! Clear the way in the old Bazaar
E7
Hey you! Let us through! It's a bright new star!
Am Dm
Oh Come! Be the first on your block to meet his eye!
B7
Make way! Here he comes! Ring bells! Bang the drums!
E7
Are you gonna love this guy!
verse 2
Am F Am
Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali Ababwa
A A7 Dm
Genuflect, show some respect Down on one knee!
E7 Am
Now, try your best to stay calm
C7 F
Brush up your sunday salaam
B7 E7
Then come and meet his spectacular coterie
verse 3
Am F Am
Prince Ali! Mighty is he! Ali Ababwa
A A7 Dm
Strong as ten regular men, definitely!
E7 Am
He faced the galloping hordes
C7 F
A hundred bad guys with swords
B7 E7 Am
Who sent those goons to their lords? Why, Prince Ali
Bridge 1
Dm6 Am
He's got seventy-five golden camels
Dm6 Am
Purple peacocks, He's got fifty-three
Dm6 Am
When it comes to exotic-type mammals
F Dm
Has he got a zoo? I'm telling you
B7 E7
It's a world class menagerie!
verse 4
Am F Am
Prince Ali! Handsome is he, Ali Ababwa
A A7 Dm
That physique! How can I speak, Weak at the knee
E7 Am
Well, get on out in that square
C7 F
Adjust your veil and prepare
B7 E7 Am
To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Ali!
Bridge 2
Dm6 Am
He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys
(He's got the monkeys, let's see the monkeys)
Dm6 Am
And to view them he charges no fee
(He's generous, so generous)
Dm6 Am
He's got slaves, he's got servants and flunkies
(Proud to work for him)
F Dm
They bow to his whim love serving him
B7 E7
They're just lousy with loyalty
E7 F
To Ali!...Prince Ali!
Outro
Am F Am
Prince Ali! Amorous he! Ali Ababwa
A A7 Dm
Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see
E7 Am
And that, good people, is why
C7 F
he got dolled up and dropped by
B7 E7
With sixty elephants, llamas galore
B7 E7
With his bears and lions, A brass band and more
Am
With his forty fakirs,
Am
his cooks, his bakers
Am C7
His birds that warble on key
Am F Am
Make way for Prince Ali!