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Cairo

Bananarama

RockAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C#mDiagram coming soon
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              verse 1 
C#m 
Call me jenny baby when you want me 
C#m 
Call me jenny jenny when I cry 
        B 
With me big black empty handbag 
C#m 
You give me little lollie when we hungry 
C#m 
Give me Coca-Cola when we dry 
       B 
In the good times and the bad times 
       C#m 
That's right 
 
Chorus 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                         G#m 
Making all the junk for the big man 
   C#m 
In Cairo 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                     G#m    C#m 
Doing all I can for the big man 
C#m 
Cairo 
 
verse 2 
C#m 
Under heavy menace in the day time 
C#m 
Under heavy hoola in the night 
     B 
With me milkshake and no handshake 
C#m 
Singing in the morning like a tourist 
C#m 
Working for me money all the time 
        B 
For the big wheel and the high heel 
       C#m 
That's right 
 
Chorus 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                         G#m 
Making all the junk for the big man 
   C#m 
In Cairo 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                     G#m    C#m 
Doing all I can for the big man 
C#m 
Cairo 
 
Instrumental bridge 
C#m 
F#m 
G#m C#m 
 
verse 3 
C#m 
Call me jenny baby when you want me 
C#m 
Call me jenny jenny when I cry 
        B 
With me big black empty handbag 
C#m 
You give me little lollie when we hungry 
C#m 
Give me Coca-Cola when we dry 
       B 
In the good times and the bad times 
       C#m 
That's right 
 
Chorus 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                         G#m 
Making all the junk for the big man 
   C#m 
In Cairo 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                     G#m    C#m 
Doing all I can for the big man 
C#m 
Cairo 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                         G#m 
Making all the junk for the big man 
   C#m 
In Cairo 
C#m 
Spending all me jarre, smoking all the time in Cairo 
F#m                     G#m    C#m 
Doing all I can for the big man 
C#m 
Cairo 
 
Outro 
C#m 
F#m 
G#m C#m 
C#m 
F#m 
G#m C#m 
C#m 
F#m 
G#m C#m

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Chord set

C#m · B · F#m · G#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.