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(opening riff: pluck Am 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 twice)
LAm SOL MI7 LAm
Now that you've found your paradise
LAm DO SOL MI7
This is your kingdom to command
LAm DO SOL MI7
You can go outside and polish your car
Am C E7 Am (opening riff)
Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-La
LAm SOL MI7 LAm
Here is your reward for working so hard
LAm DO SOL MI7
Gone are the lavatories in the backyard
LAm DO SOL MI7
Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car
LAm DO MI7 LAm LA
You just want to sit in your Shangri-La
RE REmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
RE7 SOL SOL/FA# MIm
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
DO DO/SI LAm LAm/SOL
You're in your place and you know where you are
FA FA/MI REm REm/DO
In your Shangri-La
RE REmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
RE7 SOL SOL/FA# MIm
You need not worry you need not care
DO DO/SI LAm
You can't go anywhere
FA LA FA LA SIb FA DO LA
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahh
RE REmaj7
The little man who gets the train
RE7 SOL SOL/FA# MIm
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
DO DO/SI LAm LAm/SOL
But he's too scared to complain
FA FA/MI REm REm/DO
Cos he's conditioned that way
RE REmaj7
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
RE7 SOL SOL/FA# MIm
Got a T.V. set and a radio
DO DO/SI LAm
For seven shillings a week
FA LA FA LA SIb FA DO
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
FA LA FA LA SIb FA DO
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
SIb FA DO SIb FA DO SIb FA REm
REm REm/DO REm/SI REm/SIb
And all the houses in the street have got a name
REm REm/DO REm/SI REm/SIb
Cos all the houses in the street they look the same
LA RE REm
Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes
REm REm/DO REm/SI REm/SIb
The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know
REm REm/DO REm/SI REm/SIb
They say their lines they drink their tea and then they go
LA RE REm
They tell your business in another Shangri-La
REm REm/DO REm/SI REm/SIb
The gas bills and the water rates and payments on the car
REm REm/DO REm/SI REm/SIb
Too scared to think about how insecure you are
LA RE
Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-La
SOL DO FA SIb SOL DO FA SIb SOL DO FA SIb SOL DO FA SIb SOL DO FA LA
Shangri-La la la la la la la...
RE REmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
RE7 SOL SOL/FA# MIm
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
DO DO/SI LAm
You're in your place and you know where you are
FA FA/MI REm REm/DO
In your Shangri-La
RE REmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
RE7 SOL SOL/FA# MIm
You need not worry you need not care
DO DO/SI LAm
You can't go anywhere
FA LA FA LA SIb FA DO LA
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
FA LA FA LA SIb FA DO
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
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