Tony Christie, Is This The Way To Amarillo (1971)
Key: :[A] (w: Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield)

INTRO:
[A] Sha-la-la, la-[D]-la, la la-la / [A] Sha-la-la, la-[E]-la, la la-la
[D] Sha-la-la, la-[A]-la, la la-la / [E] [E] // [A] [A]

VERSE 1:
[A] When the day is [D] dawning, [A] on a Texas [E] Sunday morning
[A] How I long to [D] be there, [A] with Marie who's [E] waiting for me there

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[F] Every lonely [C] city, [F] where I hang my [C] hat
[F] Ain't as half as [C] pretty, as [E] where my baby's at

CHORUS:
[A] Is this the way to [D] Amarillo, [A] every night I've been [E] hugging my pillow
[A] Dreaming dreams of [D] Amarillo, [A] and sweet [E] Marie who [A] waits for me
[A] Show me the way to [D] Amarillo, [A] I've been weeping [E] like a willow
[A] Crying over [D] Amarillo, [A] and sweet [E] Marie who [A] waits for me

REPEAT INTRO:

BREAK:
[E] And Marie who [A] waits for me

VERSE 2:
[A] There's a church bell [D] ringing, [A] with a song of [E] joy that it's singing
[A] For the sweet [D] Maria, [A] and the guy who's [E] coming to see her

PRE-CHORUS 2:
[F] Just beyond the [C] highway, [F] there's an open [C] plain
[F] And it keeps me [C] going, [E] through the wind and rain

REPEAT CHORUS:

REPEAT INTRO:

BREAK:
[E] And Marie who [A] waits for me

OUTRO:
[Bb] Sha-la-la, la-[Eb]-la, la la-la / [Bb] Sha-la-la, la-[F]-la, la la-la
[Eb] Sha-la-la, la-[Bb]-la, la la-la / [F] And Marie who [Bb] waits for me

REPEAT OUTRO: