The Rutles

Shangri La(Chords)

The Rutles

Key: G

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   G     Bm       Em   Em7/D     C 
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         G                              G7/F 
Did you ever get the feeling, that the truth is less revealing... 
             C/E           Cm/Eb (Cm/D) (Cm) (Cm7/Bb) 
...Than a downright lie?  |  /     /     /     /  | 
    G 
And did you think your head was hip... 
       G7/F                                 C/E     Cm/Eb            D 
...To certain things it's not equipped to qualify? |  /__/  /__/  /  /  | 
                                                      ^  ^     ^     ^ 

 G               Em                 Bm             C 
All day long the sky is blue, and everyone says, 'How d' ya do?'  
D                G      Em  Em7/D    C  Bm   C   D 
    In Shangri - la! 
              |  /   /   /    /   |  /   /   /   /  | 


   G            Em 
Everyday's a perfect day, 
    Bm               C                D             G     C  G 
And you can go your own sweet way in   ...Shangri - la, 
(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                     C7 
 In  Shan - gri - la,   ...in Shangri - la, 
 G               Bm/F#    Em      Em7/D    C 
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la! 


       G 
In - vestment, with a good return, 
      G7/F                                       C/E 
Pro - vides the means through which we earn our daily bread, 
 Cm/Eb (Cm/D) (Cm) (Cm7/Bb)        G 
|  /     /     /     /  |   In - sisting on an equal cut,  
      G7/F                     C/E           Cm/Eb            D 
Some people even bust a gut to stay ahead!  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  | 
                                               ^  ^     ^     ^ 

 G                Em              Bm            C 
All day long the sky is blue, and no one has a lot to do, 
D                G     C  G 
   In Shangri - la, 
(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                                      C7 
 In  Shan - gri - la, (In Shangri - la!) ...in Shangri - la  (In Shangri-la!) 
 G               Bm/F#    Em      Em7/D    C 
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la----- ah, ah-ah,ah! 


                           Roll  up!  Roll... 
   G       G/D         Bm       Bm/F# 
|  /__/__/  /__/__/  | /__/__/   /__/__/ | 


...up!           This  way! 
   G        G/D         Bm       Bm/F# 
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   Bb       Bb/F       Eb       D 
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   G        Em         Am D 
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   G   Em   Am  D     Eb             F 
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        G                             G7/F 
It's a strange world we live in, but surely we're forgiven, 
       C/E                        Cm/Eb (Cm/D) (Cm) (Cm7/Bb) 
If we don't know where to turn,  |  /     /     /     /  | 
        G                     G7/F 
With paradise for hire on the back streets of desire, 
       C/E              Cm/Eb            D 
We all live and learn! |  /__/  /__/  /  /  | 
                          ^  ^     ^     ^ 

 G               Em                  Bm          C 
All day long the sky is blue, and everyone's in love with you, 
D                G      Em  Em7/D    C  Bm   C   D 
    In Shangri - la! 
              |  /   /   /    /   |  /   /   /   /  | 


  G                  Em 
Lovers dance, and children sing, 
       Bm      C                   D             G      C  G 
And everybody does their thing in   ...Shangri - la, 
(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                                      C7 
 In  Shan - gri - la, (In Shangri - la!) ...in Shangri - la  (In Shangri-la!) 
 G               Bm/F#    Em      Em7/D    C    Bm   Am   G 
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la---hah, hah, hah! 


(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                                      C7 
 In  Shan - gri - la, (In Shangri - la!) ...in Shangri - la  (In Shangri-la!) 
 G               Bm/F#    Em      Em7/D    C 
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la----- ah, ah-ah,ah! 

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G |--0------0------0------0------|--0------0------0------0------| 
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A |--3------3------3------3------|--3------3------3------3------| 
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                                                All together now... 
  C               Bb              F               C 
| /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / | 
  ^    ^   ^      ^    ^   ^      ^    ^   ^      ^    ^   ^ 
...One, two, three! C Bb F C ||: Lah, dee -doo, dah! Lah, dee -dah! Here we are in Shangri - la!:|| Repeat

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