Song: Shangri-La
Artist: The Rutles
Composer: Neil Innes
Album: Archaeology
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
3rd Sept 2014
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website
might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes
shown below:
G = 320033 C/E = xx2010 (G) = 3xxxxx Bb = x13331
Bm = x24432 Cm/Eb = xx1013 (G/F#) = 2xxxxx Bb/F = 113331
Em = 022000 (Cm/D) = xx0013 (G/E) = 0xxxxx Eb = xx5343
Em7/D = xx0000 (Cm) = x3x043 C7 = x32310 Am = x22100
C = x32010 (Cm7/B) = x11313 Bm/F# = 224432 F = 133211
G7/F = xx3033 D = xx0232 G/D = xx0003 Csus2 = x30030
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[Intro]
G Bm Em Em7/D C
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
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? | /__/ /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
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!
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
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!
[Verse 4]
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! | /__/ /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 5]
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!
[Bridge]
Roll up! Roll...
G G/D Bm Bm/F#
| /__/__/ /__/__/ | /__/__/ /__/__/ |
...up! This way!
G G/D Bm Bm/F#
| /__/__/ /__/__/ | /__/__/ /__/__/ |
Bb Bb/F Eb D
| /__/__/ /__/__/ | /__/__/ /__/__/ |
G Em Am D
| /__/__/ /__/__/ | / / |
G Em Am D Eb F
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 6]
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! | /__/ /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 7]
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!
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 8]
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!
[Verse 9]
(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!
[Break]
Csus2
e |--0--h2--0--h2--0--h2--0--h2--|--0--h2--0--h2--0--h2--0--h2--|
B |--3------3------3------3------|--3------3------3------3------|
G |--0------0------0------0------|--0------0------0------0------|
D |--0------0------0------0------|--0------0------0------0------|
A |--3------3------3------3------|--3------3------3------3------|
E |------------------------------|------------------------------|
All together now...
C Bb F C
| / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
...One, two, three!
[Coda]
C Bb F C
||: Lah, dee -doo, dah! Lah, dee -dah! Here we are in Shangri - la!:|| [Repeat]
