Shangri-La

  Am               G         E7   Am
Now that you've found your paradise
   Am          C       G     E7
This is your kingdom to command
         Am   C          G       
You can go outside and polish 
   E7
your car
    Am          C            E7     
Am  (opening riff)
Or sit by the fire in your 
Shangri-La

 Am             G          E7    
Here is your reward for working 
   Am
so hard
  Am            C          G
Gone are the lavatories in the 
       E7
backyard
  Am           C              G  
Gone are the days when you 
          E7
dreamed of that car
      Am          C        
You just want to sit in your 
    E7     Am   A
Shangri-La

 D                        Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the 
fire
         D7                      G
You've reached your top and you 
         G/F#      Em
just can't get any higher
                 C            C/B 
You're in your place and you know 
           Am  Am/G
where you are
          F     F/E  Dm  Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
 D                 Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
     D7                  G        
You need not worry you need not 
  G/F#  Em
care
                 C   C/B  Am
You can't go anywhere
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         F  A         
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, 
F  A         Bb  F     C   A
Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahh

       D            Dmaj7
The little man who gets the train
         D7              G        
Got a mortgage hanging over his 
  G/F#  Em
head
                C              C/B
But he's too scared to complain
  Am  Am/G

              F            F/E  
Cos he's conditioned that way
Dm  Dm/C

 D                   Dmaj7
Time goes by and he pays off his 
debts
       D7              G   G/F#  Em
Got a T.V. set and a radio
             C             C/B  Am
For seven shillings a week
        F  A         
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, 
F  A         Bb  F     C
Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
        F  A         
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, 
F  A         Bb  F     C
Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh

( Bb  F  C   Bb  F  C  Bb  F  Dm )

 Dm            Dm/C        Dm/B  
And all the houses in the street 
            Dm/Bb
have got a name
 Dm            Dm/C        Dm/B  
Cos all the houses in the street 
               Dm/Bb
they look the same
  A                             D 
Same chimney pots, same little 
                Dm
cars, same window panes
 Dm            Dm/C          
The neighbors call to tell you 
    Dm/B                 Dm/Bb
things that you should know
 Dm             Dm/C          
They say their lines they drink 
        Dm/B              Dm/Bb
their tea and then they go
 A                          D     
They tell your business in another
        Dm
 Shangri-La
 Dm                    Dm/C       
The gas bills and the water rates 
      Dm/B            Dm/Bb
and payments on the car
 Dm             Dm/C        
Too scared to think about how 
     Dm/B         Dm/Bb
insecure you are
 A                            D
Life ain't so happy in your little 
Shangri-La
         G        C        F  Bb 
Shangri-La la la la la la la...
 G  C  F  Bb  G  C  F  Bb  G 

 C  F  Bb... G  C  F  A


 D                        Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the 
fire
           D7                     
You've reached your top and you 
G         G/F#      Em
just can't get any higher
                 C             C/B
You're in your place and you know 
           Am
where you are
          F     F/E  Dm  Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
  D               Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
      D7                 G        
You need not worry you need not 
  G/F#  Em
care
                C     C/B  Am
You can't go anywhere
        F  A         
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, 
F  A          Bb  F    C    A
Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
        F  A         
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, 
F  A          Bb  F     C
Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh