Mandalay

Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste [Intro] G C [Verse 1] G C F By the old Moulmein Pagoda, eastward to the sea, C G There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me; C F For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say: C G C "Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!" G C Come you back to Mandalay, F Where the old Flotilla lay: C G Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay ? C On the road to Mandalay, F Where the flyin'-fishes play, C G C G C An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay! [Verse 2] G C F 'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green, C G An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat - jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen, C F An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot, C G C An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot: G C Bloomin' idol made o' mud F Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd C G Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud! C On the road to Mandalay, F Where the flyin'-fishes play, C G C G C An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay! [Verse 3] G C F When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' low, C G She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo! C F With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin my cheek C G C We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak. G C Elephints a-pilin' teak F In the sludgy, squdgy creek, C G Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak! C On the road to Mandalay, F Where the flyin'-fishes play, C G C G C An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay! [Verse 4] G C F But that's all shove be'ind me - long ago an' fur away C G An' there ain't no 'busses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay; C F An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells: C G C "If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else." G C No! you won't 'eed nothin' else F But them spicy garlic smells, C G An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an' the tinkly temple-bells; C On the road to Mandalay, F Where the flyin'-fishes play, C G C G C An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay! [Verse 4] G C F I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones, C G An' the blasted English drizzle wakes the fever in my bones; C F Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand, C G C An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understand? G C Beefy face an' grubby 'and - F Law! wot do they understand? C G I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land! C On the road to Mandalay, F Where the flyin'-fishes play, C G C An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay! [Verse 5] G C F Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, C G Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst; C F For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be C By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea; G C On the...... road to Mandalay, F Where the old Flotilla lay, C With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay! C On the road to Mandalay, F Where the flyin'-fishes play, C G C G C An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!