Key: Bb major
Intro 1
B
F#
Gdim
B
F#
Gdim
G#m
F#
E
Em
E
B
Verse 1
Gdim
G#m
G#sus4
D#m
G#m
I found myself in Bag dad once again
C#m
F#
And the minarets were icy blue
G#m
F#
B
against the dawn's green light
F#m
E
F#
No love I did not ask just
D#m
G#sus4
G#m
how I came or when
C#m
G#m
I could only wonder,
C#m
F#m
were you there with me to sleep the night?
B
Verse 2
B
Gdim
I walked the streets of Bagdad
G#m
G#sus4
D#m
G#m
searching for your face
C#m
F#
But the ancient city walls held no
G#m
F#
one in their last command
B
F#m
B
E
So love,
F#
D#m
G#m
I called your name within the marketplace
F#m
B
ing's red and golden head
Verse 3
Bm
Em
C#
F#m
And oh, you were there with my pil
A
G
Em
low touching your velvet hair
F#
Bsus4
Bm
Em
A#dim
F#
Em
C
Em
F#
And so as I'd slept you'd been near
B
(ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh)
(Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh, ooh- ooh)
Verse 4
Gdim
Last night I dreamt my strange recur
G#m
F#
D#m
G#m
ring dream again
F#
B
hovered over Bagdad's night
F#m
E
F#
Oh love, I found myself
D#m
G#m
alone but even then
F#m
B
me come the morning light
Verse 5
Bm
G
C#
And oh, you were there with your sandy
A
Em
eyes and a sleepy stare
F#
Bsus4
Bm
Em
F#
Em
F#
And though I had dreamt you were here (ooh- ooh- ooh- oo
B
h- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh)
(Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh, ooh- ooh)
Verse 6
Gdim
I tonight should
G#m
D#m
G#m
die before the dawn
C#m
F#
And I find myself in Bagdad lost
G#m
F#
B
within an empty sleep
F#m
E
F#
No love, I will not feel alone
D#m
G#sus4
though life has gone
G#m
C#m
F#m
B
For I know you'll be beside me even as the dark
Outro 1
grows deep
B
Gdim
A#dim
B
Gdim
A#dim
B
Gdim
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