Chords for On TV: Leonard Warren - On the Road to Mandalay - 1949
Tempo:
157.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Cm
Dm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
By the old Moor [G] Mine [Cm] pagoda, looking eastward to the sea,
[G] [Cm] there's a [G] Burma [Cm] gala setting, and I know she thinks of [C] me.
[Bb] For the wind in [Gb] the palm trees and the temple bell [Bb] they say,
Come [Eb] here back, you British [Ab]
soldier, come [Fm] here back to [G] Mandalay.
Come here back [C] to [G] Mandalay.
[C] Close [Em]
[C] the Mandalay where the old road tiller [Dm] lay,
[C] and you hear the palm shunking from [D] Rangoon [G] to
[D] [G]
[Em] [C]
Mandalay.
[Dm]
Where the [G] flying [C] fishes lay [G] [C]
[Dm] [C] under [B] [Eb] out of [Dm] China.
[G]
[C] [Em]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [C]
[Cm]
If it's somewhere [D] east [Cm] of Suez where the best is like [G]
[Cm] the worst,
where there aren't [G] no tin [Cm] commandments [Fm]
[Cm] and a man can [G] rise [Cm] at last.
For [Bb] the temple bells [Gb] are calling and it's there that I [Bb] would be.
By [Eb] the old Moor Mine [Ab] pagoda, [Fm] looking lazy at [G] the sea,
looking lazy [Am] at
[G]
[C] the sea, [Em]
[C]
where the old road [Em] tiller [Dm]
[G] [C] lay.
And you hear the paddles [Cm] chunking [B] from [D] Rangoon [G] to [D] [G]
[C]
[Dm] Mandalay.
Where the [G]
flying fishes lay and the [C] door comes up like thunder [B] of [F] our China [G]
across
[C] the way.
[G] [Cm] there's a [G] Burma [Cm] gala setting, and I know she thinks of [C] me.
[Bb] For the wind in [Gb] the palm trees and the temple bell [Bb] they say,
Come [Eb] here back, you British [Ab]
soldier, come [Fm] here back to [G] Mandalay.
Come here back [C] to [G] Mandalay.
[C] Close [Em]
[C] the Mandalay where the old road tiller [Dm] lay,
[C] and you hear the palm shunking from [D] Rangoon [G] to
[D] [G]
[Em] [C]
Mandalay.
[Dm]
Where the [G] flying [C] fishes lay [G] [C]
[Dm] [C] under [B] [Eb] out of [Dm] China.
[G]
[C] [Em]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [C]
[Cm]
If it's somewhere [D] east [Cm] of Suez where the best is like [G]
[Cm] the worst,
where there aren't [G] no tin [Cm] commandments [Fm]
[Cm] and a man can [G] rise [Cm] at last.
For [Bb] the temple bells [Gb] are calling and it's there that I [Bb] would be.
By [Eb] the old Moor Mine [Ab] pagoda, [Fm] looking lazy at [G] the sea,
looking lazy [Am] at
[G]
[C] the sea, [Em]
[C]
where the old road [Em] tiller [Dm]
[G] [C] lay.
And you hear the paddles [Cm] chunking [B] from [D] Rangoon [G] to [D] [G]
[C]
[Dm] Mandalay.
Where the [G]
flying fishes lay and the [C] door comes up like thunder [B] of [F] our China [G]
across
[C] the way.
Key:
G
C
Cm
Dm
Em
G
C
Cm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ By the old Moor [G] Mine [Cm] pagoda, _ _ looking _ eastward to the sea,
[G] _ _ [Cm] there's a [G] Burma [Cm] gala setting, _ _ and I know she thinks of _ [C] me.
_ [Bb] For the wind in [Gb] the palm trees and the temple bell [Bb] they _ say,
Come [Eb] here back, you British _ [Ab]
soldier, _ come [Fm] here back to _ [G] _ Mandalay.
_ _ Come here back [C] to _ _ _ [G] Mandalay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Close _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ the _ _ Mandalay _ where the old road tiller [Dm] lay,
_ [C] and you hear the palm _ _ shunking from _ [D] Rangoon [G] to _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Mandalay.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Where the [G] flying _ [C] fishes lay _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ under [B] _ [Eb] out of [Dm] _ _ China.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ If it's somewhere [D] _ east [Cm] of _ Suez where the best is like [G]
[Cm] the worst,
_ _ where there aren't [G] no tin _ [Cm] commandments _ _ [Fm]
[Cm] and a man can [G] rise [Cm] at _ last.
_ For [Bb] the _ temple bells [Gb] are calling _ and it's there that I [Bb] would _ be.
By [Eb] the old Moor Mine _ [Ab] pagoda, _ _ [Fm] looking _ lazy at [G] the sea,
_ _ _ looking _ lazy _ [Am] at _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] the _ sea, [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ where the old road [Em] tiller _ [Dm] _
[G] _ [C] lay.
And you hear the _ paddles [Cm] chunking [B] from [D] _ Rangoon _ [G] to _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Mandalay.
Where _ the [G] _
flying fishes _ lay _ _ and the [C] door comes up like _ thunder [B] _ of [F] our _ _ China _ _ _ [G] _
across _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] the way. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ By the old Moor [G] Mine [Cm] pagoda, _ _ looking _ eastward to the sea,
[G] _ _ [Cm] there's a [G] Burma [Cm] gala setting, _ _ and I know she thinks of _ [C] me.
_ [Bb] For the wind in [Gb] the palm trees and the temple bell [Bb] they _ say,
Come [Eb] here back, you British _ [Ab]
soldier, _ come [Fm] here back to _ [G] _ Mandalay.
_ _ Come here back [C] to _ _ _ [G] Mandalay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Close _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ the _ _ Mandalay _ where the old road tiller [Dm] lay,
_ [C] and you hear the palm _ _ shunking from _ [D] Rangoon [G] to _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Mandalay.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Where the [G] flying _ [C] fishes lay _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ under [B] _ [Eb] out of [Dm] _ _ China.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ If it's somewhere [D] _ east [Cm] of _ Suez where the best is like [G]
[Cm] the worst,
_ _ where there aren't [G] no tin _ [Cm] commandments _ _ [Fm]
[Cm] and a man can [G] rise [Cm] at _ last.
_ For [Bb] the _ temple bells [Gb] are calling _ and it's there that I [Bb] would _ be.
By [Eb] the old Moor Mine _ [Ab] pagoda, _ _ [Fm] looking _ lazy at [G] the sea,
_ _ _ looking _ lazy _ [Am] at _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] the _ sea, [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ where the old road [Em] tiller _ [Dm] _
[G] _ [C] lay.
And you hear the _ paddles [Cm] chunking [B] from [D] _ Rangoon _ [G] to _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Mandalay.
Where _ the [G] _
flying fishes _ lay _ _ and the [C] door comes up like _ thunder [B] _ of [F] our _ _ China _ _ _ [G] _
across _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] the way. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _