Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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F#m
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Verse 1
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I found myself in Bag dad once again
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And the minarets were icy blue
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against the dawn's green light
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No love I did not ask just
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how I came or when
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I could only wonder,
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were you there with me to sleep the night?
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Verse 2
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I walked the streets of Bagdad
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searching for your face
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But the ancient city walls held no
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one in their last command
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So love,
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I called your name within the marketplace
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ing's red and golden head
Verse 3
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And oh, you were there with my pil
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low touching your velvet hair
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And so as I'd slept you'd been near
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(ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh)
(Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh, ooh- ooh)
Verse 4
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Last night I dreamt my strange recur
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ring dream again
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hovered over Bagdad's night
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Oh love, I found myself
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alone but even then
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me come the morning light
Verse 5
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And oh, you were there with your sandy
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eyes and a sleepy stare
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And though I had dreamt you were here (ooh- ooh- ooh- oo
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h- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh)
(Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh, ooh- ooh)
Verse 6
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I tonight should
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die before the dawn
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And I find myself in Bagdad lost
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within an empty sleep
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No love, I will not feel alone
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though life has gone
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For I know you'll be beside me even as the dark
Outro 1
grows deep
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