Chords for Leonard Warren - On the Road to Mandalay (1947)
Tempo:
116.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
Cm
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Em]
[Dm] [C] [G]
[Cm]
By the [G] old mulled wine [Cm] pagoda, [Cm] looking eastward to the sea,
there's a [Dm] bell [G] the gala's setting, and [A] I know she thinks of [C] me.
[Bb] For the wind is in [C] the palm trees, and the temple bells they say,
Come you [Eb] back, you British [Ab] soldier, come you [Fm] back to [G] Mandalay.
Come you back [Am] to [G] Mandalay.
[C] Come [Em] you
[C] back [Em] to [C] Mandalay, where the old [Em] courted alley
Can't you [C] hear the paddles [C] chunking [D] from Rangoon to [G]
Mandalay?
[Em] Come [C] the road to [Dm] Mandalay, [G] where the [G] flying fishes [Eb] play,
[C] And the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder out of [Dm] China [G]
across [C] the bay.
[Em] [Dm]
[Fm] [C] [G]
[C] [Cm]
Ship me [G] somewheres east of [Cm] Suez, where [Cm] the best is like the worst,
Where there [D] aren't no ten commandments, [C] and [A] a man [Cm] can raise a thirst.
For [Bb] the temple bells are [C] calling, and it's there that I [Bb] would be,
By the [G] old mulled wine [Ab] pagoda, [Ab] [Fm] looking lazy at the [G] sea,
looking lazy [Am]
at the sea.
[C] Come you [Em]
[Am] back to [C] Mandalay, where the old [Em] courted [G] alley
[C] Can't you hear the paddles [A] chunking from [D] Rangoon [G] to [G] Mandalay?
[Em] Come the road [Em] to [Dm] Mandalay, [F] where the [G] flying fishes [C] play,
[G] And [C] the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder out of [Dm] China
[G] across the bay.
[C]
[Dm] [C] [G]
[Cm]
By the [G] old mulled wine [Cm] pagoda, [Cm] looking eastward to the sea,
there's a [Dm] bell [G] the gala's setting, and [A] I know she thinks of [C] me.
[Bb] For the wind is in [C] the palm trees, and the temple bells they say,
Come you [Eb] back, you British [Ab] soldier, come you [Fm] back to [G] Mandalay.
Come you back [Am] to [G] Mandalay.
[C] Come [Em] you
[C] back [Em] to [C] Mandalay, where the old [Em] courted alley
Can't you [C] hear the paddles [C] chunking [D] from Rangoon to [G]
Mandalay?
[Em] Come [C] the road to [Dm] Mandalay, [G] where the [G] flying fishes [Eb] play,
[C] And the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder out of [Dm] China [G]
across [C] the bay.
[Em] [Dm]
[Fm] [C] [G]
[C] [Cm]
Ship me [G] somewheres east of [Cm] Suez, where [Cm] the best is like the worst,
Where there [D] aren't no ten commandments, [C] and [A] a man [Cm] can raise a thirst.
For [Bb] the temple bells are [C] calling, and it's there that I [Bb] would be,
By the [G] old mulled wine [Ab] pagoda, [Ab] [Fm] looking lazy at the [G] sea,
looking lazy [Am]
at the sea.
[C] Come you [Em]
[Am] back to [C] Mandalay, where the old [Em] courted [G] alley
[C] Can't you hear the paddles [A] chunking from [D] Rangoon [G] to [G] Mandalay?
[Em] Come the road [Em] to [Dm] Mandalay, [F] where the [G] flying fishes [C] play,
[G] And [C] the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder out of [Dm] China
[G] across the bay.
[C]
Key:
C
G
Em
Cm
Dm
C
G
Em
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ By the [G] old mulled wine _ [Cm] pagoda, [Cm] looking eastward to the sea,
_ there's a [Dm] bell [G] the gala's setting, and [A] I know she thinks of [C] me. _
[Bb] For the wind is in [C] the palm trees, and the temple bells they say,
Come you [Eb] back, you British [Ab] soldier, _ come you [Fm] back to _ [G] Mandalay.
_ _ Come you back [Am] to _ _ [G] Mandalay. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Come _ [Em] you _ _ _
[C] back [Em] to _ [C] Mandalay, _ where the old [Em] courted _ _ alley
Can't you [C] hear the paddles [C] chunking [D] from Rangoon to _ [G] _
Mandalay?
_ _ _ [Em] Come _ [C] the road to _ [Dm] Mandalay, _ [G] where the [G] flying fishes _ [Eb] play,
[C] And the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder out of [Dm] _ China _ [G]
across _ [C] the bay.
[Em] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ship me _ [G] somewheres east of [Cm] _ Suez, where [Cm] the best is like the worst,
Where there [D] aren't no ten commandments, _ [C] and [A] a man [Cm] can raise a thirst.
For [Bb] the temple bells are [C] calling, _ and it's there that I [Bb] would _ be,
By the [G] old mulled wine [Ab] pagoda, [Ab] _ _ [Fm] looking lazy at the [G] sea, _ _
looking _ lazy _ [Am] _
at _ the sea. _ _ _
_ [C] Come _ _ you [Em] _
_ _ [Am] back to _ [C] Mandalay, _ _ where the old [Em] courted [G] alley
_ _ [C] Can't you hear the paddles [A] chunking from [D] _ Rangoon [G] to _ _ [G] Mandalay? _ _
_ _ [Em] _ Come the road [Em] to _ [Dm] Mandalay, _ [F] where the [G] flying fishes [C] play,
[G] _ And [C] the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder _ out of [Dm] _ _ China _
[G] _ across _ _ _ _ the bay.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ By the [G] old mulled wine _ [Cm] pagoda, [Cm] looking eastward to the sea,
_ there's a [Dm] bell [G] the gala's setting, and [A] I know she thinks of [C] me. _
[Bb] For the wind is in [C] the palm trees, and the temple bells they say,
Come you [Eb] back, you British [Ab] soldier, _ come you [Fm] back to _ [G] Mandalay.
_ _ Come you back [Am] to _ _ [G] Mandalay. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Come _ [Em] you _ _ _
[C] back [Em] to _ [C] Mandalay, _ where the old [Em] courted _ _ alley
Can't you [C] hear the paddles [C] chunking [D] from Rangoon to _ [G] _
Mandalay?
_ _ _ [Em] Come _ [C] the road to _ [Dm] Mandalay, _ [G] where the [G] flying fishes _ [Eb] play,
[C] And the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder out of [Dm] _ China _ [G]
across _ [C] the bay.
[Em] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ship me _ [G] somewheres east of [Cm] _ Suez, where [Cm] the best is like the worst,
Where there [D] aren't no ten commandments, _ [C] and [A] a man [Cm] can raise a thirst.
For [Bb] the temple bells are [C] calling, _ and it's there that I [Bb] would _ be,
By the [G] old mulled wine [Ab] pagoda, [Ab] _ _ [Fm] looking lazy at the [G] sea, _ _
looking _ lazy _ [Am] _
at _ the sea. _ _ _
_ [C] Come _ _ you [Em] _
_ _ [Am] back to _ [C] Mandalay, _ _ where the old [Em] courted [G] alley
_ _ [C] Can't you hear the paddles [A] chunking from [D] _ Rangoon [G] to _ _ [G] Mandalay? _ _
_ _ [Em] _ Come the road [Em] to _ [Dm] Mandalay, _ [F] where the [G] flying fishes [C] play,
[G] _ And [C] the dawn comes up like [Cm] thunder _ out of [Dm] _ _ China _
[G] _ across _ _ _ _ the bay.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _