Soldiers Alternating
F
In your homeland you're a legend
C
All the people know your name
Bb F
On the battlefield and off you are superior
Achmed:
Spoken I know
Gm
In the kingdom though I'm finding
C
that my only claim to fame
Bb C
is an incident involving my posterior
Soldiers:
F C
Posterior
Achmed:
Spoken Please
F
I've won scores of bloody wars
A
And mopped the floors with my foes
Bb F
But no one remembers Achmed
Bb
I've eviscerated peasants
Gm
From their heads down to their toes
G C
But no one remembers Achmed
Dm
Say my name in these parts
Gm
And you'll get a vacant stare
G
Until you mention tigers
C
Or spotted underwear
Soldiers:
F C
Spotted underwear
Achmed:
C F
So to restore my repute
A
As a fierce fearsome brute
Eb D7
There's only one route I see
Gm C7
Arrange the slaughter of millions
F Gm / G
Of innocent civilians
C F
Then they'll remember me
(Dialogue)
Soldiers Alternating Achmed
F
Caked in mud or drenched in blood
A
You smell as fresh as a flower
Spoken I guess
Bb F
But no one remembers Achmed
Bb
You can pleasure sixty concubines
Gm
In only an hour
Spoken Less
Bb F C
But no one remembers Achmed
Achmed:
Dm
Back home I was a hero
Gm
Ladies trembled when I spoke
G
But here the women treat me
C
Like a throwaway joke
Soldiers:
C
Throw him away
Achmed:
F
I'm a god on Earth but darn it
A
Even deities incarnate
Eb D
Now and then can feel a little insecure
Soldiers:
Insecure
Achmed:
Gm Em7
All I want is some affection
A7
This rejection's almost
D G
Too much to endure
Soldiers:
To endure
Look at all he must endure
(Dialogue)
Soldiers:
F
You ooze sex when you flex
A
Those impeccable pecs
Achemd:
Dm D
But the princess rejects me still
Gm
She may not love me yet
Bb
But I'm willing to bet
G C
That once I kill all her people she will
Soldiers:
Yes she will
Yes she absolutely will
Achmed:
Dm
Let them laugh that's just fine
F
But the last laugh will be mine
All:
Bb E7
Cause they can't laugh when they're all dead
Gm C
I'll make them all regret
F Bb
The day they chose to forget
Achmed:
D7
Spoken What's that name everyone
Soldiers:
Tiger-fucker!
Achmed:
Spoken No
F D
Like I said what's that name
Soldiers:
Gm C
You're the cock of the walk
Am D
With abs as hard as a rock
Gm C F
Nevermore will they mock you Achmed
Soldier:
D G C
He fucked a tiger
Achmed:
Spoken I did not fuck a tiger
Soldiers:
F A Dm C
They'll remember Achmed
F A Dm C
They'll remember Achmed
F A D F
They'll remember Achmed
Achmed:
They'll remember me
Soldiers:
F
Tiger fucker
Tiger fucker
Achmed is a tiger fucker
C F
They'll remember Achmed
G F
The tiger fucking man