Night Boat To Cairo Tab by
Madness
Madness

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Key: F minor
Intro 1
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(Night boat to Cairo)
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Interlude 1
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Verse 1
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It's just gone noon, half past monsoon
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On the banks of the river Nile
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Here comes the boat, only half-afloat
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Oarsman grins a toothless smile
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Only just one more to this desolate shore
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Last boat along the river Nile
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Doesn't seem to care, no more wind in his hair
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As he reaches his last half mile
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The oar snaps in his hand
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before he reaches dry land
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But the sound doesn't dampen his smile
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Just pokes at wet sand with an oar in his hand
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Floats off down the river Nile
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Floats off down the river Nile
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All a board
Solo 1
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Night boat to Cairo
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Night boat to Cairo
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Interlude 2
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Solo 2
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Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]

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