Istanbul - They Might Be Giants - lyrics Chords
Tempo:
114.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[Cm]
[D] [Eb] [Fm]
[Bb] [Dm] [Fm]
[Ab] [C] [Fm]
[Ab] [Bb] [Fm]
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[Cm] [Db] [C] [Fm]
Istanbul is Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople,
now it's turksh delight, on a moonlit night, every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul,
the [C] Constantinopes of Yuletide, in Constantinople, showing way in Istanbul, [Fm] even [G] old [Fm] New York,
was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam, [C]
why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better
that way, so [Fm] take me back to Constantinople, no you can't go back, [C] Constantinople, been
a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did [C] Constantinople get the works, that's nobody's
[Fm] business but the Turks, Istanbul, [C]
[Fm]
[C]
[Fm] Istanbul, even [Gm] old [Fm] New York, was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam,
[C] why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better [Fm] that way, Istanbul is Constantinople,
now it's Istanbul, [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did Constantinople
[C] get the works, that's nobody's business [Fm] but the Turks,
[C] [Fm]
[C] so [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm] [Gm] [Fm]
[Gm] [Fm] [C] [Gb]
[Fm] take me back to Constantinople,
no you can't go back, Constantinople, [C] been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did
Constantinople [C] get the works, that's nobody's business but the [Fm] Turks, Istanbul.
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[Ab] [C] [Fm]
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[Cm] [Db] [C] [Fm]
Istanbul is Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople,
now it's turksh delight, on a moonlit night, every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul,
the [C] Constantinopes of Yuletide, in Constantinople, showing way in Istanbul, [Fm] even [G] old [Fm] New York,
was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam, [C]
why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better
that way, so [Fm] take me back to Constantinople, no you can't go back, [C] Constantinople, been
a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did [C] Constantinople get the works, that's nobody's
[Fm] business but the Turks, Istanbul, [C]
[Fm]
[C]
[Fm] Istanbul, even [Gm] old [Fm] New York, was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam,
[C] why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better [Fm] that way, Istanbul is Constantinople,
now it's Istanbul, [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did Constantinople
[C] get the works, that's nobody's business [Fm] but the Turks,
[C] [Fm]
[C] so [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm] [Gm] [Fm]
[Gm] [Fm] [C] [Gb]
[Fm] take me back to Constantinople,
no you can't go back, Constantinople, [C] been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did
Constantinople [C] get the works, that's nobody's business but the [Fm] Turks, Istanbul.
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_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm]
Istanbul is Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, _ [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople,
now it's turksh delight, on a moonlit night, every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul,
the [C] Constantinopes of Yuletide, in Constantinople, showing way in Istanbul, [Fm] even [G] old [Fm] New York,
was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam, _ [C]
why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better
that way, so [Fm] take me back to Constantinople, no you can't go back, [C] Constantinople, been
a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did [C] Constantinople get the works, that's nobody's
[Fm] business but the _ Turks, _ _ _ _ Istanbul, _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ Istanbul, even [Gm] old [Fm] New York, was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam,
_ [C] why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better [Fm] that way, Istanbul is Constantinople,
now it's Istanbul, _ [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did Constantinople
[C] get the works, that's nobody's business [Fm] but the Turks, _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ so _ [Fm] _
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Fm] take me back to Constantinople,
no you can't go back, Constantinople, [C] been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did
Constantinople [C] get the works, that's nobody's business but the [Fm] Turks, _ _ _ Istanbul. _
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_ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm]
Istanbul is Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, _ [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople,
now it's turksh delight, on a moonlit night, every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul,
the [C] Constantinopes of Yuletide, in Constantinople, showing way in Istanbul, [Fm] even [G] old [Fm] New York,
was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam, _ [C]
why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better
that way, so [Fm] take me back to Constantinople, no you can't go back, [C] Constantinople, been
a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did [C] Constantinople get the works, that's nobody's
[Fm] business but the _ Turks, _ _ _ _ Istanbul, _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ Istanbul, even [Gm] old [Fm] New York, was [Gm] once New [Fm] Amsterdam,
_ [C] why'd they change it I can't say, people just liked it better [Fm] that way, Istanbul is Constantinople,
now it's Istanbul, _ [C] Constantinople, been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did Constantinople
[C] get the works, that's nobody's business [Fm] but the Turks, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
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_ _ _ [C] _ so _ [Fm] _
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Fm] take me back to Constantinople,
no you can't go back, Constantinople, [C] been a long time gone, [Fm] Constantinople, why did
Constantinople [C] get the works, that's nobody's business but the [Fm] Turks, _ _ _ Istanbul. _
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