Am                 Dm
Now, Arab sheiks on the burning sands
     C                     E7
Come into their harems and clap their hands
      A                        D
Said, "Come on, girls, are you ready to play?
      C                          E7
Let's have a little more of that swingin' today"

     Am             Dm
Now, in the land of Fu Manchu
    C                    E7
The girls all now do the Suzie-Q
Am                      Dm
Clap their hands in the center of the floor
C                                 E7
Saying, "Ching, ching, chop-suey, swing some more!"

     Am              Dm
Now, geisha girls in old Japan
C                 E7
Wink behind their peacock fans
Am                    Dm
Since they learned to say, "Yeah!
      C                        E7
Let's swing it like American's swing swing dance!"

     Am                  Dm
Now, Gypsy caravans have changed their mode
     C               E7
They truck down the Romany road
           A                    D
With their hi-de-hos, and their hey-hey-diddle
           C            E7
Doin' the swing on the Gypsy fiddle

     Am              Dm
Them eastern wisemen know the story
        C          E7
Of the swing with Oriental glory
     Am                      Dm
They stroke their beards and grin
        C                                  E7
Sayin', "Swing, little children, till the dawn comes in!"

     Am              Dm
Now, geisha girls in old Japan
C                 E7
Wink behind their peacock fans
A                     D
Since they learned to say, "Yeah!
      C                        E7
Let's swing it like American's swing swing dance!"

     Am                  Dm
Now, Gypsy caravans have changed their mode
     C              E7
They truck down the Romany road
           Am                   Dm
With their hi-de-hos, and their hey-hey-diddle
C                      E7
Doin' the swing on the Gypsy fiddle