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Is This The Way To Amarillo

Intro – Jules to strum Cx1 on four count then in…..

C C C C F F F FC
Shala la la lala la la
C C C G G G GF
Shala la la lala la la
F F F C C C C G
Shala la la lala la la
G Cx5
and Marie who waits for me
Verse one
C F C G
When the day is dawning on a Texas Sunday
morning
C F C G
How i long to be there , With Marie who`s waiting for
me there
F C F
Every lonely city (doo doo doo doo doo) where i hang
C F
my hat (doo doo doo doo doo)
F F G X8
Aint as half as pretty as where my baby`s at
Chorus
C F C
Is this the way to Amarillo Every night I`ve been
G C F
hugging my pillow Dreaming dreams of Amarillo
C G CX5
and sweet Marie who waits for me
C F C
Show me the way to Amarillo I`ve been weeping
G C F
like a willow Crying over Amarillo
C G C
and sweet Marie who waits for me Shala’s….. (Cx5)

Verse two
C F C G
There`s a church bell ringing Hear the song of joy
C F
that it`s singing For the sweet Maria
C G
and the guy who`s coming to see her
F C F
Just beyond the highway (doo doo doo doo doo)
F C F
there`s an open plain (doo doo doo doo doo)
F C F G
and it keeps me going through the wind and rain

Chorus x1 and Shala’s x2 ….. (Cx5)

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