Lights of Taormina by Mark Knopfler from Tracker album For any questions mail me to [email protected] Key: B-flat Major Time: 4/4 CAPO: 3 C/G....................[332010] D/A....................[x00232] | G | x10 | G | C | G | % | | G | Em | D | % | | C | % | G | C/G | | G | C D | G | % | G There’s laughter in the darkness C G Music floating in across the bay G He’s half listening and wondering Em D How he could have let her slip away C So long ago but still he wants to know G C/G If anyone has seen her G And he’s sitting out in the night C D G D Looking down upon the lights of Taormina G C They were young and love was shining G Like the colours of the rainbow G Desire felt like choking Em D/A Love was smoking under the volcano C He can still taste her kisses G C/G Sweet as the red wine from Messina G Now he’s sitting out in the night C D G Looking down upon the lights of Taormina C Seems like another lifetime G When they rambled along the shore Seems like another lifetime C She used to call him her sweet senor Maybe in another lifetime G On a pathway to the sea D Maybe there they’ll be G The crowd calls for the emperor C G Raise their hands to hail another king G But he’s been so long a wanderer Em D Another crowd can never mean a thing C He came, he saw, he conquered G C/G Ten thousand voices roared in the arena G Now he’s sitting out in the night C D G Looking down upon the lights of Taormina | G | C | G | % | | G | Em | D | % | | C | % | G | C/G | | G | C D | G | % | G He hears the chimes of history C G Myths of gods and men forever ringing G Ancient dreams in all their mystery Em D Wars for Sicily and Spartan women C In the mists of antiquity G C Ships of war set sail from Carthagina G Now he’s sitting out in the night C D G C Looking down upon the lights of Taormina G Sitting out in the night C D G Looking down upon the lights of Taormina | G | C/G | G | % | | G | Em | D | % | | C | % | G | C/G | | G | C D | G | % |
