Night boat
to Cairo
A Gm
A - Gm
(3x) + Night boat to Cairo !
1. instrumental = complete verse 2
A Gm
2. It's just gone noon, half past Monsoon,
A Gm
on
the banks of The River Nile.
A Gm
Here comes the boat, only
half-afloat,
A Gm
oarsman
grins a toothless smile.
A Gm
Only just one more, to this
desolate shore,
A Gm
last
boat along The River Nile.
A Gm
Doesn't seem to care, no more wind in his hair,
A Gm
as he
reaches his last half mile.
Dm Fm
The oar snaps in his hand,
before he reaches dry land,
Dm Bb
but
the sound doesn't deafen his smile.
Dm Fm
just
pokes at wet sand, with an oar in his hand,
Dm C
floats
off down the River Nile,
C A
floats
off down the River Nile.
+ D - Cm - D
- Cm
(4x) (slowing
down) + D - Cm - D - Cm
+ D - Cm - D -
Cm - D - Cm - D - - - + D - Cm - D - Cm (8x)
(orig.
= capo 3rd) (Madness)