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Amarillo
Tony Christie

Intro: (strum throughout)
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la {blue}(boom boom){/blue}
[A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la [E7] {blue}(boom boom){/blue}
[D] Shalala la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me.

Verse 1:
[A] When the day is [D] dawning [A] on a Texas [E7] Sunday morning
[A] How I long to [D] be there 
With [A] Marie who's [E7] waiting for me there 
[F] Every lonely [C] city [F] where I hang my [C] hat
[F] Ain't as half as [C] pretty as [E7] where my baby's at

Bridge:
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la [A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la
[D] Sha la la la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me

Verse 2:
[A] There's a church-bell [D] ringing
[A] Hear the song of [E7] joy that it's singing
[A] For the sweet Ma[D]ria [A] and the guy who's [E7] coming to see her 
[F] Just beyond the [C] highway [F] there's an open [C] plain
[F] And it keeps me [C] going [E7] through the wind and rain
|Chorus:
|[A] Is this the way to [D] Amarillo
|[A] Every night I've been [E7] huggin' my pillow
|[A] Dreaming dreams of [D] Amarillo
|[A] And sweet Ma[E7]rie who [A] waits for me
|[A] Show me the way to [D] Amarillo 
|[A] I've been weepin' [E7] like a willow 
|[A] Crying over [D] Amarillo
|[A] And sweet Ma[E7]rie who [A] waits for me

Outro: (strum throughout)
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la [A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la [E7]
[D] Sha la la la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la [A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la [E7]
[D] Sha la la la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me

[A] Cha cha cha

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