Official Video here - https://youtu.be/yqLLDZvbG-U
* = horn accents
Intro
[A] [D] [D]*
Shalala lala lala la
[A]* [E] [E]*
Shalala lala lala la
[D]* [A]
Shalala lala lala la
| [E] | [E] | [E] | [E] |
| [A] | [A] |
Verse 1
[A] [D] [A] [E]
When the day is dawning on a Texas Sunday morning
[A] [D]
How I long to be there
[A] [E]
With Marie who`s waiting for me there
[F] [C] [F] [C]
Every lonely city where I hang my hat
[F] [C] [Bm] [E]
Ain`t as half as pretty as where my baby`s at
Chorus
[A] [D]
Is this the way to Amarillo
[A] [E]
Every night I`ve been hugging my pillow
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
[A] [D]
Show me the way to Amarillo
[A] [E]
I`ve been weeping like a willow
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
Crying over Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
Interlude
[A] [D] [D]*
Shalala lala lala la
[A]* [E] [E]*
Shalala lala lala la
[D]* [A]
Shalala lala lala la
[E] [A]
and Marie who waits for me
Verse 2
[A] [D]
There`s a church bell ringing
[A] [E]
Hear the song of joy that it`s singing
[A] [D] [A] [E]
For the sweet Maria and the guy who`s coming to see her
[F] [C] [F] [C]
Just beyond the highway there`s an open plain
[F] [C] [Bm] [E]
and it keeps me going through the wind and rain
Chorus
[A] [D]
Is this the way to Amarillo
[A] [E]
Every night I`ve been hugging my pillow
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
[A] [D]
Show me the way to Amarillo
[A] [E]
I`ve been weeping like a willow
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
Crying over Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
Interlude
[A] [D] [D]*
Shalala lala lala la
[A]* [E] [E]*
Shalala lala lala la
[D]* [A]
Shalala lala lala la
[E] [A]
and Marie who waits for me
[Outro] (key change)
[Bb] [Eb] [Eb]*
Shalala lala lala la
[Bb]* [F] [F]*
Shalala lala lala la
[Eb]* [Bb]
Shalala lala lala la
[F] [Bb]
and Marie who waits for me
[Bb] [Eb] [Eb]*
Shalala lala lala la
[Bb]* [F] [F]*
Shalala lala lala la
[Eb]* [Bb]
Shalala lala lala la
[F] [Bb]
and Marie who waits for me
[Bb] [Eb] [Eb]*
Shalala lala lala la
[Bb]* [F] [F]*
Shalala lala lala la
[Eb]* [Bb]
Shalala lala lala la
(fade out)
