Amarillo - Neil Sedaka

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Lyrics and Music: Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
Producer: George Martin and Neil Sedaka and Robert Appere
Jaar: 1977
Worked out on request for haleyjane1962
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[Intro]
N.C.
Drum

[Verse 1]
             
  When the day

            
 is dawning   

           
on a Texas Sun

day morning,
             
  how I long t

            
o be there   w

              
ith Marie who'

  
s waiting for 

me there.
             
  Every lonely

            
 city   where 

          
I hang my hat
             
  ain't as hal

             
f as pretty as

         
 where my baby

           
's at.

[Chorus]
             
  Is this the 

             
way to Amarill

             
o,   ev'ry nig

             
ht I've been h

ugging my pill

ow,
             
  dreaming dre

             
ams of Amarill

             
o   and sweet 

          
Marie who wait

s for me.
             
  Show me the 

             
way to Amarill

             
o,   I've been

         
 weeping like 

a willow,
             
  crying over 

            
Amarillo   and

              
 sweet Marie w

   
ho waits for m

e.

[Interlude]
            
  Shalala lala

             
 lalala.   Sha

       
lala lala lala

la.
            
  Shalala lala

             
 lalala   and 

          
Marie who wait

s for me.

[Verse 2]
             
  There's a ch

             
urchbell ringi

             
ng,   hear the

         
 song of joy t

hats it's sing

ing
             
  for the swee

             
t Maria   and 

              
the guy who's 


coming to see 

her.
             
  Just beyond 

            
the highway   

              
 lies an open 


plain
             
   and it keep

          
s me going thr

            
ough the wind 

            
and rain.

[Chorus]
             
  Is this the 

             
way to Amarill

             
o,   ev'ry nig

             
ht I've been h

ugging my pill

ow,
             
  dreaming dre

             
ams of Amarill

             
o   and sweet 

          
Marie who wait

s for me.
             
  Show me the 

             
way to Amarill

             
o,   I've been

         
 weeping like 

a willow,
             
  crying over 

            
Amarillo   and

              
 sweet Marie w

   
ho waits for m

e.

[Interlude]
            
  Shalala lala

             
 lalala.   Sha

       
lala lala lala

la.
            
  Shalala lala

             
 lalala   and 

          
Marie who wait

s for me.

[Outro] (Key Change to Db; Repeat and Fade Out)
          
  Shalala lala

            
 lalala.   Sha

       
lala lala lala

la.
          
  Shalala lala

             
 lalala   and 

          
Marie who wait

s for me.

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