Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) easy guitar chords by They Might Be Giants

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  • Intro 1
    [Violin] 





    Verse 1
    Istanbul 
    was 
    Constantinople 

    Now 
    it's 
    Istanbul, 
    not 
    Constantinople 

    Been 
    long 
    time 
    gone, 
    Constantinople 

    Now 
    it's 
    Turkish 
    delight 
    on 
    moonlit 
    night 

    Every 
    gal 
    in 
    Constantinople 

    Lives 
    in 
    Istanbul, 
    not 
    Constantinople 

    So 
    if 
    you've 
    date 
    in 
    Constantinople 

    She'll 
    be 
    waiting 
    in 
    Istan
    bul 

    Bridge 1
    Even 
    old 
    New 
    York 

    was 
    once 
    New 
    Amsterdam 

    Why 
    they 
    changed 
    it 
    can't 
    say 

    People 
    just 
    liked 
    it 
    better 
    that 
    way 

    So, 
    take 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    Constantinople 

    No, 
    you 
    can't 
    go 
    back 
    to 
    Constantinople 

    Been 
    long 
    time 
    gone, 
    Constantinople 

    Why 
    did 
    Constantinople 
    get 
    the 
    works? 

    That's 
    nobody's 
    business 

    but 
    the 
    Turks 

    Interlude 1
    Istanbul, 
    Istanbul 

    Istanbul, 
    Istanbul 

    Bridge 2
    Even 
    old 
    New 
    York 

    was 
    once 
    New 
    Amsterdam 

    Why 
    they 
    changed 
    it 
    can't 
    say 

    People 
    just 
    liked 
    it 
    better 
    that 
    way 

    Istanbul 
    was 
    Constantinople 

    Now 
    it's 
    Istanbul, 
    not 
    Constantinople 

    Been 
    long 
    time 
    gone, 
    oh 
    Constantinople 

    Why 
    did 
    Constantinople 
    get 
    the 
    works? 

    That's 
    nobody's 
    business 

    but 
    the 
    Turks 

    Interlude 2



    Outro 1
    So, 
    take 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    Constantinople 

    No, 
    you 
    can't 
    go 
    back 
    to 
    Constantinople 

    Been 
    long 
    time 
    gone, 
    Constantinople 

    Why 
    did 
    Constantinople 
    get 
    the 
    works? 

    That's 
    nobody's 
    business 
    but 
    the 
    Turks 

    Istanbul 
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