Intro
N.C. Bb5
Clean the way! Clean the way!
Bbm
Make way! For Prince Ali!
Say hey! It's Prince Ali
Verse 1Bbm
Hey, clear the way in the old bazaar
F
Hey you! Let us through!
It's a bright new star
Bbm
Oh, come
EbEbm
be the first on your block to meet his eye
C
Make way! Here he comes!
Ring bells! Bang the drums!
F
Oh, you're gonna love this guy!
ChorusBbm
Prince Ali, fabulous he, Ali Ababwa.
BbBbm
Genuflect, show some respect, boy, genuflect
Ebm
down on one knee
FBbm
Now try your best to stay calm
DbGb
Brush up your Sunday salaam
CF
Then come and meet his spectacular coterie
GbFBbm
Prince Ali, mighty is he, Ali Ababoua
Ebm
Strong as ten regular men, definitely
FBbm
He faced the galloping hordes
DbGbA hundred bad guys with swords
C7F7
Who sent these goons to their lords?
Bbm
Why Prince Ali
Verse 2
Fellas, he's got
EbmBbm
He's got seventy-five golden camels
EbmBbm
Purple peacocks, he's got fifty-three
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
EbmBbmF
When it comes to exotic-type mammals
Db
Everybody help me out!
Gb
Has he got a zoo? I'm telling you
CF
It's a world-class menagerie!
ChorusGbBm
Prince Ali, handsome is he, Ali Ababwa!
B
That physique! How can I speak;
EmGbEm
weak at the knee You yummy boy
AGbBm
So, get on out in that square,
DG
Adjust your veil and prepare.
DbGbBm
To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Ali, oops
Verse 3EmBm
He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys
N.C.
He's got the monkeys, a bunch of monkeys
EmBm
And to view them he charges no fee
D
He's generous, so generous
EmBm
He's got ten thousand servants and flunkies
Proud to work for him
G
They bow to his whim, love serving him
Db
They're just lousy with loyalty to
Gb
Ali …
BridgeG
Prince Ali
Gm
Prince Ali
N.C.
We're waiting for you!
N.C. G
We're not going until you go
N.C. Gm
You can do it
N.C. G
There it is
ChorusCmGmCGGmCm
Prince Ali, amorous he! Ali Ababwa!
CFm
Heard your princess was hot, where is she?
GCm
And that good people is why,
Ab
He got dolled up and dropped by.
BridgeD N.C.
With sixty elephants, llamas galore For real?
F N.C.
With his bears and lions What?
CmA brass band and more
Bb
With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers
CmAb
His birds that warble on key
OutroGCm
Make way for Prince Ali!
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.