Elvira:Oak Ridge Boys.
#5 on Pop Charts in 1981.
 
INTRO:
[C] Elvira, Elvira..my heart's on [G7] fire for [C] Elvira.
 
#1.   [C] Eyes that look like Heaven, lips like sherry wine.
That girl can sure enough make my little light [G7] shine.
[C] I get a funny feelin' [F] up and down my spine..
[C] cause I know that [G7] my Elvira's [C] mine.
 
CHORUS:
[C] So, I'm singin'..Elvira, Elvira..
My heart's on [G7] fire for [C] Elvira.
[C] Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow.
[C] Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow.
Heigh-ho, [G7] Silver, [C] a-way.
 
#2.   [C] Tonight I'm gonna meet her, at the Hungry House Cafe.
And I'm gonna give her all the love I [G7] can.
[C] She's gonna jump and holler, 
'cause I [F] saved up my last two dollars..
[C] we're gonna search, and [G7] find that preacher [C] man.
 
CHORUS:
[C] And, I'm singin'..Elvira, Elvira..
My heart's on [G7] fire for [C] Elvira. [C] Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow. [C] Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow. Heigh-ho, [G7] Silver, [C] a-way.
 
MODULATE:
..Elvira, Elvira..
[C#] My heart's on [G#7] fire for [C#] Elvira. 
[C#] Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow. 
[C#] Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow. 
Heigh-ho, [G#7] Silver, [C#] a-way.
 
CHORUS:
[D] Elvira, Elvira..My heart's on [A7] fire for [D] Elvira.
[D] Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow.
Giddy Up, Oom Poppa, Omm Poppa, Mow, Mow.
Heigh-ho, [A7] Silver, [D] a-way.
 
[D] Elvira
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