Chords for On The Road To Mandalay
Tempo:
97.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Em
F#m
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E]
[F#m] [E] [B]
[E] [Em]
By the [G] old mule mine [Em] pagoda, [Am] looking [B] eastward through [Bm] the [Em] sea,
where the Burma [B] gala [Em]
sat [Am] in, and [Em] I know she thinks of me.
For the wind [D] is in [Gm] the palm trees, and [E] the temple bells they [D] say,
Come [G] you back, you [C] British soldier, [Am] come you back to [B] Mandalay,
come you back [C#m] to [B] Mandalay.
Come you, [E]
where the old flotilla [A] lay,
can't you [E] hear the paddles [A#] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to
[E] Mandalay,
[B] oh, [E]
to [F#m] Mandalay, [A] where the [B] flying fishes play,
[E] and the dawn comes up like thunder, autumn [F#m]
[A] china, [B] across [E] the bay.
[F#m] Ship [E] [B]
[E] [Em]
me somewhere [G] east of the [Am] Suez, where the [B] best is like the [Em] war,
where there ain't [F#m] no ten [Em] commandments, and a man can raise a third.
For the [D] temple bells [Gm] are calling, and it's there that I [D] would be,
by [G] the old mule mine [C] pagoda, [Am] looking lazy at [B] the sea,
looking lazy [C#m]
at [B] the sea.
Come you [E] back to Mandalay, where the old flotilla [F#] lay,
[C#m] can't you [E] hear the paddles [C#m] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to [B] Mandalay,
on [E] the road to [F#m] Mandalay, where the [B] flying fishes play,
[E]
and the dawn comes up like [C#m] thunder, autumn [F#] china, [A]
[B] across the [E] bay.
[A]
[F#m] [E] [B]
[E] [Em]
By the [G] old mule mine [Em] pagoda, [Am] looking [B] eastward through [Bm] the [Em] sea,
where the Burma [B] gala [Em]
sat [Am] in, and [Em] I know she thinks of me.
For the wind [D] is in [Gm] the palm trees, and [E] the temple bells they [D] say,
Come [G] you back, you [C] British soldier, [Am] come you back to [B] Mandalay,
come you back [C#m] to [B] Mandalay.
Come you, [E]
where the old flotilla [A] lay,
can't you [E] hear the paddles [A#] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to
[E] Mandalay,
[B] oh, [E]
to [F#m] Mandalay, [A] where the [B] flying fishes play,
[E] and the dawn comes up like thunder, autumn [F#m]
[A] china, [B] across [E] the bay.
[F#m] Ship [E] [B]
[E] [Em]
me somewhere [G] east of the [Am] Suez, where the [B] best is like the [Em] war,
where there ain't [F#m] no ten [Em] commandments, and a man can raise a third.
For the [D] temple bells [Gm] are calling, and it's there that I [D] would be,
by [G] the old mule mine [C] pagoda, [Am] looking lazy at [B] the sea,
looking lazy [C#m]
at [B] the sea.
Come you [E] back to Mandalay, where the old flotilla [F#] lay,
[C#m] can't you [E] hear the paddles [C#m] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to [B] Mandalay,
on [E] the road to [F#m] Mandalay, where the [B] flying fishes play,
[E]
and the dawn comes up like [C#m] thunder, autumn [F#] china, [A]
[B] across the [E] bay.
[A]
Key:
E
B
Em
F#m
Am
E
B
Em
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ By the [G] old mule mine [Em] pagoda, [Am] looking [B] eastward through [Bm] the [Em] sea,
where the Burma [B] gala [Em]
sat [Am] in, and [Em] I know she thinks of me.
_ For the wind [D] is in [Gm] the palm trees, and [E] the temple bells they [D] say,
Come [G] you back, you [C] British soldier, _ [Am] come you back to _ [B] Mandalay,
come you back [C#m] to _ [B] Mandalay. _ _
Come _ you, _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ where the old flotilla [A] lay,
_ can't you [E] hear the paddles [A#] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to _
[E] Mandalay,
_ [B] oh, _ [E] _ _
to [F#m] Mandalay, _ _ [A] where the [B] flying fishes _ play,
[E] and the dawn comes up like thunder, autumn [F#m] _
[A] china, _ _ [B] across [E] the bay.
[F#m] Ship _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ me somewhere [G] east of the _ [Am] Suez, where the [B] best is like the [Em] war,
where there ain't [F#m] no ten [Em] commandments, and a man can raise a third.
_ For the [D] temple bells [Gm] are calling, and it's there that I [D] would be,
by [G] the old mule mine [C] pagoda, _ [Am] looking lazy at [B] the sea,
_ _ looking lazy [C#m] _
at [B] the sea.
_ _ Come _ _ you _ _ [E] back to Mandalay, _ _ where the old flotilla [F#] lay,
[C#m] can't you [E] hear the paddles [C#m] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to _ [B] Mandalay,
_ _ _ on _ [E] the road to [F#m] Mandalay, _ where the [B] flying fishes play,
_ [E]
and the dawn comes up like [C#m] thunder, autumn _ [F#] china, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ across the [E] bay. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ By the [G] old mule mine [Em] pagoda, [Am] looking [B] eastward through [Bm] the [Em] sea,
where the Burma [B] gala [Em]
sat [Am] in, and [Em] I know she thinks of me.
_ For the wind [D] is in [Gm] the palm trees, and [E] the temple bells they [D] say,
Come [G] you back, you [C] British soldier, _ [Am] come you back to _ [B] Mandalay,
come you back [C#m] to _ [B] Mandalay. _ _
Come _ you, _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ where the old flotilla [A] lay,
_ can't you [E] hear the paddles [A#] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to _
[E] Mandalay,
_ [B] oh, _ [E] _ _
to [F#m] Mandalay, _ _ [A] where the [B] flying fishes _ play,
[E] and the dawn comes up like thunder, autumn [F#m] _
[A] china, _ _ [B] across [E] the bay.
[F#m] Ship _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ me somewhere [G] east of the _ [Am] Suez, where the [B] best is like the [Em] war,
where there ain't [F#m] no ten [Em] commandments, and a man can raise a third.
_ For the [D] temple bells [Gm] are calling, and it's there that I [D] would be,
by [G] the old mule mine [C] pagoda, _ [Am] looking lazy at [B] the sea,
_ _ looking lazy [C#m] _
at [B] the sea.
_ _ Come _ _ you _ _ [E] back to Mandalay, _ _ where the old flotilla [F#] lay,
[C#m] can't you [E] hear the paddles [C#m] chunking from [E] Rangoon [F#] to _ [B] Mandalay,
_ _ _ on _ [E] the road to [F#m] Mandalay, _ where the [B] flying fishes play,
_ [E]
and the dawn comes up like [C#m] thunder, autumn _ [F#] china, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ across the [E] bay. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _