| Artist: | Vera Matveyeva / Rudyard Kipling (English) |
| User: | Алексей Денисенко |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: | - |
Gm A Dm
By the old Moulmein Pagoda,
Gm A Dm
Lookin' lazy at the sea,
D Gm
There's a Burma girl a-settin',
D# A
And I know she thinks o' me;
Gm A Dm
For the wind is in the palm-trees,
Gm A Dm
And the temple-bells they say:
D Gm
"Come you back, you British soldier;
D# A
Come you back to Mandalay!"
Dm B Dm B
Come you back to Mandalay,
Dm A Dm D
Where the old Flotilla lay:
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin'
Gm Cm D
from Rangoon to Mandalay?
Gm F7 B
On the road to Mandalay,
F7 B
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
Cm D
An' the dawn comes up like thunder
Gm Cm D Gm
outer China 'crost the Bay!
Gm A Dm
'Er petticoat was yaller
Gm A Dm
An' 'er little cap was green,
D Gm
An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat
D# A
Jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen,
Gm A Dm
An' I seed her first a-smokin'
Gm A Dm
Of a whackin' white cheroot,
D Gm
An' a-wastin' Christian kisses
D# A
On an 'eathen idol's foot:
Dm B Dm B
Bloomin' idol made o' mud
Dm A Dm D
Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Plucky lot she cared for idols
Gm Cm D
When I kissed 'er where she stud!
Gm Cm D
On the road to Mandalay...
Gm A Dm
When the mist was on the rice-fields
Gm A Dm
An' the sun was droppin' slow,
D Gm
She'd git 'er little banjo
D# A
An' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo!
Gm A Dm
With 'er arm upon my shoulder
Gm A Dm
An' 'er cheek agin my cheek
D Gm
We useter watch the steamers
D# A
An' the hathis pilin' teak.
Dm B Dm B
Elephints a-pilin' teak
Dm A Dm D
In the sludgy, squdgy creek,
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy
Gm Cm D
You was 'arf afraid to speak!
Gm Cm D
On the road to Mandalay...
Gm Cm Gm Cm
But that's all shove be'ind me -
Gm Cm D
long ago an' fur away
Gm D# Gm D#
An' there ain't no 'busses runnin'
Gm Cm D
from the Bank to Mandalay;
Gm A Dm
An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London
Gm A Dm
What the ten-year soldier tells:
D Gm
"If you've 'eard the East a-callin',
D# A
You won't never 'eed naught else.
Dm B Dm B
No! you won't 'eed nothin' else
Dm A Dm D
But them spicy garlic smells,
Gm Cm Gm Cm
An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees
Gm Cm D
An' the tinkly temple-bells;
Gm Cm D
On the road to Mandalay...
Dm Gm Dm Gm
I am sick o' wastin' leather
Dm Gm Dm Gm
on these gritty pavin'-stones,
F B F B
An' the blasted English drizzle
F B F B A
wakes the fever in my bones;
Gm A Dm
Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids
Gm A Dm
outer Chelsea to the Strand,
Gm Dm Gm
An' they talks a lot o' lovin',
B F B F B A
but wot do they understand?
Gm A Dm
Beefy face an' grubby 'and -
Gm A Dm
Law! wot do they understand?
D Gm
I've a neater, sweeter maiden
D# A
in a cleaner, greener land!
D# A
On the road to Mandalay...
Dm B Dm B
Ship me somewheres east of Suez,
Dm A Dm D
where the best is like the worst,
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Where there aren't no Ten Commandments
Gm Cm D
an' a man can raise a thirst;
Gm A Dm
For the temple-bells are callin',
Gm A Dm
an' it's there that I would be
D Gm
By the old Moulmein Pagoda,
D# A
looking lazy at the sea;
Dm B Dm B
On the road to Mandalay,
Dm A Dm D
Where the old Flotilla lay,
Gm Cm Gm Cm
With our sick beneath the awnings
Gm Cm D
when we went to Mandalay!
Gm A Dm
O the road to Mandalay,
Gm A Dm
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
Gm C F
An' the dawn comes up like thunder
B Gm A Dm
outer China 'crost the Bay!