On The Road To Mandalay Chords by Frank Sinatra
Tempo:
118.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Cm
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Bb] [F]
[C] By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking eastward to the [G] sea
[Cm] There's a Burma broad a [Ab]-setting, and I [G] know she thinks [Cm] of me
[F] For the wind is [C] in the palm trees, and the temple bells [Bb] they say
[Bbm] Come you back, you [Fm] British soldier, come you back [G] to Mandalay
[F] Come you back [Em] to [Eb] Mandalay
[Am] [Db] Come you [Am] back to Mandalay, where the old flotilla [F] lay
[Am] Can't you [Dm] hear [A] their [Ab] paddles [F]
chunking [Gb] from Rangoon to [G] Mandalay
[Em] On the road to [Dm] Mandalay, [Am] [B] where the flying fishers [Gm] play
[Ab] [G] And [D] the dawn comes up like [Fm] thunder, [E] [Am] out of China, [Dm] [G]
across [C] the bay
[F] [Db]
[Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] [F]
[Ebm] [Gb] [Bbm] [Ab] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [B] [Ab]
[Db] [Fm] [Gb]
[Ebm] [Ab] [B] [Gb]
[Db] [Ebm]
[G]
[F] [G] [Db]
[C]
Ship [A] me somewhere [G] east of [Cm] [Fm] Suez, where the [Cm] best [Ab] is like the worst
Where [Cm] there ain't [G] no Ten [Cm] Commandments, [Fm] and [Cm] a cat can [Eb] [B] raise [Cm] a thirst
[Bb] Cause those crazy bells are [C] calling, and it's there that I would [Bb] be
By [Bbm] the old Moulmein [Ab] Pagoda, [Db] looking [Dm] lazy at [C] the sea
[G] Looking [Em] lazy [F] at [Dm] the sea
[A]
Come you [Gb] back to Mandalay, [B]
[Am] [C] where the [A] old [Dm] flotilla lay
[G]
[Gb] Can't [F] you hear their [Dm] [C] paddles [B] [Bbm] chunking [Am] from Rangoon to [Em] [G] Mandalay
On [Em] the road to [Dm] [F] Mandalay, where the [B] flying [C] fishers play
[G] And the dawn comes up [Bb] like [C] thunder
[G]
[Bb] [F]
[C] By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking eastward to the [G] sea
[Cm] There's a Burma broad a [Ab]-setting, and I [G] know she thinks [Cm] of me
[F] For the wind is [C] in the palm trees, and the temple bells [Bb] they say
[Bbm] Come you back, you [Fm] British soldier, come you back [G] to Mandalay
[F] Come you back [Em] to [Eb] Mandalay
[Am] [Db] Come you [Am] back to Mandalay, where the old flotilla [F] lay
[Am] Can't you [Dm] hear [A] their [Ab] paddles [F]
chunking [Gb] from Rangoon to [G] Mandalay
[Em] On the road to [Dm] Mandalay, [Am] [B] where the flying fishers [Gm] play
[Ab] [G] And [D] the dawn comes up like [Fm] thunder, [E] [Am] out of China, [Dm] [G]
across [C] the bay
[F] [Db]
[Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] [F]
[Ebm] [Gb] [Bbm] [Ab] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [B] [Ab]
[Db] [Fm] [Gb]
[Ebm] [Ab] [B] [Gb]
[Db] [Ebm]
[G]
[F] [G] [Db]
[C]
Ship [A] me somewhere [G] east of [Cm] [Fm] Suez, where the [Cm] best [Ab] is like the worst
Where [Cm] there ain't [G] no Ten [Cm] Commandments, [Fm] and [Cm] a cat can [Eb] [B] raise [Cm] a thirst
[Bb] Cause those crazy bells are [C] calling, and it's there that I would [Bb] be
By [Bbm] the old Moulmein [Ab] Pagoda, [Db] looking [Dm] lazy at [C] the sea
[G] Looking [Em] lazy [F] at [Dm] the sea
[A]
Come you [Gb] back to Mandalay, [B]
[Am] [C] where the [A] old [Dm] flotilla lay
[G]
[Gb] Can't [F] you hear their [Dm] [C] paddles [B] [Bbm] chunking [Am] from Rangoon to [Em] [G] Mandalay
On [Em] the road to [Dm] [F] Mandalay, where the [B] flying [C] fishers play
[G] And the dawn comes up [Bb] like [C] thunder
[G]
Key:
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C
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Cm
Ab
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C
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] By the old Moulmein _ Pagoda, looking eastward to the [G] sea
_ [Cm] There's a Burma broad a [Ab]-setting, _ and I [G] know she thinks [Cm] of me
_ [F] For the wind is [C] in the palm trees, and the temple bells [Bb] they say
_ [Bbm] Come you back, you [Fm] British soldier, come you back [G] to Mandalay _
_ [F] Come you back [Em] to [Eb] Mandalay
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Db] Come _ you [Am] back to _ Mandalay, _ where the old flotilla [F] lay
_ [Am] Can't you [Dm] hear [A] their [Ab] paddles [F]
chunking [Gb] from Rangoon to [G] Mandalay _
[Em] _ On the road to _ [Dm] Mandalay, [Am] _ [B] where the flying fishers [Gm] play
[Ab] [G] And [D] the dawn comes up like [Fm] thunder, [E] [Am] out of China, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
across [C] the bay
_ _ [F] _ [Db] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ [C] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Ship [A] me somewhere [G] east of [Cm] [Fm] Suez, where the [Cm] best [Ab] is like the worst _
Where [Cm] there ain't [G] no Ten [Cm] Commandments, [Fm] and [Cm] a cat can [Eb] [B] raise [Cm] a thirst
[Bb] Cause those crazy bells are [C] calling, and it's there that I would [Bb] be
By [Bbm] the old Moulmein [Ab] Pagoda, [Db] looking [Dm] lazy at [C] the sea
[G] Looking [Em] lazy _ _ [F] at [Dm] the sea
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Come you [Gb] back to _ Mandalay, [B] _
[Am] [C] where the [A] old [Dm] flotilla lay
[G] _
[Gb] Can't [F] you hear their [Dm] [C] paddles [B] [Bbm] chunking [Am] from Rangoon to [Em] [G] Mandalay
On _ _ [Em] the road to [Dm] [F] Mandalay, _ where the [B] flying [C] fishers play
[G] And the dawn _ comes up _ [Bb] like [C] thunder
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] By the old Moulmein _ Pagoda, looking eastward to the [G] sea
_ [Cm] There's a Burma broad a [Ab]-setting, _ and I [G] know she thinks [Cm] of me
_ [F] For the wind is [C] in the palm trees, and the temple bells [Bb] they say
_ [Bbm] Come you back, you [Fm] British soldier, come you back [G] to Mandalay _
_ [F] Come you back [Em] to [Eb] Mandalay
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Db] Come _ you [Am] back to _ Mandalay, _ where the old flotilla [F] lay
_ [Am] Can't you [Dm] hear [A] their [Ab] paddles [F]
chunking [Gb] from Rangoon to [G] Mandalay _
[Em] _ On the road to _ [Dm] Mandalay, [Am] _ [B] where the flying fishers [Gm] play
[Ab] [G] And [D] the dawn comes up like [Fm] thunder, [E] [Am] out of China, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
across [C] the bay
_ _ [F] _ [Db] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ [C] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Ship [A] me somewhere [G] east of [Cm] [Fm] Suez, where the [Cm] best [Ab] is like the worst _
Where [Cm] there ain't [G] no Ten [Cm] Commandments, [Fm] and [Cm] a cat can [Eb] [B] raise [Cm] a thirst
[Bb] Cause those crazy bells are [C] calling, and it's there that I would [Bb] be
By [Bbm] the old Moulmein [Ab] Pagoda, [Db] looking [Dm] lazy at [C] the sea
[G] Looking [Em] lazy _ _ [F] at [Dm] the sea
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Come you [Gb] back to _ Mandalay, [B] _
[Am] [C] where the [A] old [Dm] flotilla lay
[G] _
[Gb] Can't [F] you hear their [Dm] [C] paddles [B] [Bbm] chunking [Am] from Rangoon to [Em] [G] Mandalay
On _ _ [Em] the road to [Dm] [F] Mandalay, _ where the [B] flying [C] fishers play
[G] And the dawn _ comes up _ [Bb] like [C] thunder
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _