How to Play Oom-Pah-Pah on Guitar?

Lionel Bart - Oom-Pah-Pah can be played in the key of C using the C, D7, G7 chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open. For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Oom-Pah-Pah with the ↓-↑-↓-↑ strumming pattern.

Lionel Bart - Oom-Pah-Pah Chords

Chord reference C, D7, G7

Rhythm tips ↓-↑-↓-↑

[C]There’s a little ditty they’re [D7]singing in the city [G7]Especially when they’ve been on the [D7]gin or the [G7]beer [C]If you’ve got the patience your [D7]own imaginations’ll [G7]Tell you just exactly what [C]you want [C]to [C]hear

[C]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [D7]that’s how it goes [G7]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [C]everyone [G7]knows [C]They all suppose what they [D7]want to suppose [G7]When they hear oom pah [C]pah

[C]Mister Percy Snodgrass would [D7]often have the odd glass But [G7]never when he thought any[D7]body could [G7]see [C]Secretly he’d buy it and [D7]drink it on the quiet And [G7]dream he was an Earl with a [C]girl on [C]each [C]knee

[C]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [D7]that’s how it goes [G7]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [C]everyone [G7]knows [C]What is the cause of his [D7]red shiny nose [G7]Could it be oom pah [C]pah

[C]Pretty little Sally goes [D7]walking down the alley Dis[G7]plays a pretty ankle to [D7]all of the [G7]men [C]They could see her garters, but [D7]not for free and gratis An [G7]inch or two and then she knows [C]when to [C]say [C when

[C]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [D7]that’s how it goes [G7]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [C]everyone [G7]knows [C]Whether it’s hidden, or whether [D7]it shows [G7]It’s the same, oom pah [C]pah

[C]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [D7]that’s how it goes [G7]Oom pah pah, oom pah pah, [C]everyone [G7]knows [C]Whether it’s hidden, or whether [D7]it shows [G7]It’s the same, oom pah [C]pah [C]

Artist Lionel Bart

Album Oliver! Soundtrack

Genres Pop, Musical

Year 1968

Key C

Lionel Bart - Oom-Pah-Pah can be played in the key of C using the C, D7, G7 chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Oom-Pah-Pah with the ↓-↑-↓-↑ strumming pattern.