Shangri-La
Archaeology
(Intro: G Bm Em Em7 C)
G
Did you ever get the feeling
G7
That the truth is less revealing
C Cm
Than a downright lie?
G
And did you think your head was hip
G/F
To certain things it's not equipped
C/E Cm D
To qualify?
G Em
All day long the sky is blue
Bm C
And everyone says "How'dya do?"
D G Em Em7 C Bm C D
In Shangri-la
G Em
Everyday's a perfect day
Bm C D
And you can go your own sweet way in
G C G
Shangri-la
D C7
In Shangri-la, in Shangri-la
G Bm Em
You can be whoever you are
Em7 C
In Shangri-la
G
Investment with a good return
G/F
Provides the means through which we earn
C/E Cm
Our daily bread
G
Insisting on an equal cut
G/F
Some people even bust a gut
C/E Cm D
To stay ahead
G Em
All day long the sky is blue
Bm C
And no one has a lot to do
D G C G
In Shangri-la
D
In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la!)
C7
In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la!)
G Bm Em
You can be whoever you are
Em7 C
In Shangri-la
G Bm
(Roll up! Roll up! This way! )
(Inst: G Bm Bb Eb D G Em Am D
G Em Am D Eb F)
G
It's a strange world we live in
G7
But surely we're forgiven
C Cm
If we don't know where to turn
G
With paradise for hire
G7
On the back streets of desire
C/E Cm D
We all live and learn
G Em
All day long the sky is blue
Bm C
And everyone's in love with you
D G Em Em7 C Bm C D
In Shangri-la
G Em
Lovers dance and children sing
Bm C D
And everybody does their thing in
G C G
Shangri-la
D
In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la)
C7
In Shangri-la (In Shangri-la!)
G Bm Em
You can be whoever you are
Em7 C G
In Shangri-la ha ha ha
D
In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la)
C7
In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la!)
G Bm Em
You can be whoever you are
Em7 C
In Shangri-la ahahahahhhhhhh
(C Bb F)
C
All together now, one two three...
C
Lah dee doo dah
Bb
Lah dee dah
F
Here we are
C
In Shangri-la
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(isn't it nice?)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la (woo!)
(it's such a happy place to be!)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(Loooove life!)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(who really needs reality?)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(a word about the cruelty to the kangaroo.) (Oh,
sorry!) (toothpaste)
(oompa oompa, stick it up your jumpa)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (oh, lah dee dah!)
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(Yes we are the slaves of freedom!)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (Oooh!)
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(We're freee-eeeeee to be whoever we are!)
(All right, let's hear it for all the celebrities!)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(Whoever we are in Shangri-la!)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (Lah lah dee dah!)
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(My name is Joe Public...) (Whoo! there's a lah dee
dah!)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (oh, come on, Jimmy!)
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(I'm sure you all know me!)
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
C Bb
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
F C
Here we are in Shangri-la
(S-H-A-N-G-R-I-I-L-A)
C
Lah dee doo dah (la la la la la la)
Bb
Lah dee dah (la la la la la la la la)
F
Here we are
C
In Shangri-la (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A-Lay!)
C
Lah dee doo dah (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)
Bb
Lah dee dah
F
Here we are (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)
C
In Shangri-la
(here we are, here we are!)
C
Lah dee doo dah (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)
Bb
Lah dee dah
F
Here we are (L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R)
C
In Shangri-la
C
Lah dee doo dah (Lexicographer!?...)
Bb
Lah dee dah (...sorry folks!)
F
Here we are
C
In Shangri-la
C
Lah dee doo dah
Bb
Lah dee dah
F
Here we are
C
In Shangri-la (a word of no more than three syllables!)
C
Lah dee doo dah
Bb
Lah dee dah...
F.....C.......
NB: for G/F bass, can do just G7.
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