Chord/Tab song: Night Boat to Cairo

...NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO... by Madness


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CAPO 3rd FRET

(Original Key: C)

Intro:

A Gm A Gm, A Gm, A Gm
Night boat to cairo!

Instrumental Verse 1:

A Gm A Gm, (x10)
Dm Fm Dm Bb7, Dm Fm Dm C
[B] [A7]
Verse 1:

It?s [A]just gone noon
Half [Gm]past monsoon
On the [A]banks of the river [Gm]nile
Here [A]comes the boat
Only [Gm]half-afloat
Oarsman [A]grins a toothless [Gm]smile
Only [A]just one more
To this [Gm]desolate shore
Last [A]boat along the river [Gm]nile
Doesn?t [A]seem to care
No more [Gm]wind in his hair
As he [A]reaches his last half [Gm]mile
The oar [Dm]snaps in his hand
Before he [Fm]reaches dry land
But the [Dm]sound doesn?t deafen his [Bb7]smile
Just [Dm]pokes at wet sand
With an [Fm]oar in his hand
Floats [Dm]off down the river [C]nile
Floats off down the [B]river [A7]nile[Bb][B][C]

Instrumental Verse 2:

(Sax Solo)

D Cm (repeat)

End:

D Cm (x6)
D...
[D] [Cm]
(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[A] [Gm] [Dm] [Fm] [Bb7] [C][B][A7]

[EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]3x033x [EADGBE]xx0231 [EADGBE]1x011x [EADGBE]x13131 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]x24442 [EADGBE]x02223

[Bb] [D] [Cm]
[EADGBE]x13331 [EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]x35543

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])