The legend of Xanadu
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1. You'll hear my
voice, on the wind, cross the sand, if you should return
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to that black, barren land, that bears the
name of Xanadu.
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2. Cursed, without
hope, was the love that I sought, lost from the start,
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was the duel that was fought to win a heart in
Xanadu.
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Now no footprints leave no traces
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only shadows move in places, where we used
to go.
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And the buildings, open to the sky,
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all echo with the vultures cry as if to
show.
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Our love was for a day, and doomed to pass
away,
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in
Xanadu, in Xanadu, in Xanadu!
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Instr. : D-G D-G-G7
C-D-G-C in Xanadu,
in Xanadu, in Xanadu!
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3. (Spoken) What was
it to you that a man laid down his life for your love?
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Were those clear eyes of yours ever filled
with the pain of tears and grief?
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Did you ever give yourself to any one man
in this whole wide world?
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Or did you love me and will you find your way
back one day to Xanadu ?
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4. = 1. +
Xanadu, in Xanadu, in Xanadu, in Xanadu!
(capo 2nd)
(Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich)