Amarillo      (Listen to midi)

 

A                     D            - DA                      E       

    Sha la la la, la lala la,          sha la la la, la lala la,

ED                  A             - E - E7 - E - E7     - A ~

    sha la la la, la lala la.

 

    A                              D           - A                     E           

1.     When the day is dawning,      on a Texas Sunday morning,

A                       D            - A                               E               

    how I long to be there,      with Marie who's waiting for me there.

F                        C   - F                               C

    Every lonely city,       where I hang my hat,

F                             C            Bm                    E - E7

    ain't as half as pretty as where my baby's a….…t.

 

A                               D          - A                                     E               

    Is this the way to Amarillo?    Every night I've been hugging my pillow,

A                                   D           - A                       E            A              - E

    dreaming dreams of Amarillo,     and sweet Marie who waits for me.

A                                    D          - A                               E       

    Show me the way to Amarillo,     I've been weeping like a willow,

A                     D           - A                      E               A

    crying over Amarillo,       and sweet Marie who waits for me.

A                     D            - DA                      E       

    Sha la la la, la lala la,          sha la la la, la lala la,

ED                  A             - E                             A

    sha la la la, la lala la,       and Marie who waits for me.

 

    A                                    D         - A                        E                  

2.    There's a church bell ringing,     hear a song of joy that it's singing

A                             D  - A                                 E              

    for the sweet Maria,      and the guy who's coming to see her.

F                             C           - F                             C 

    Just beyond the highway,      there's an open plain,

F                              C         Bm                          E - E7

    and it keeps me going through the wind and ra….in.

 

+ CHORUS      + repeat last two lines of chorus 2x and fade…

 

    (Tony Christie)      (midi in G - C - D etc.)