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
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
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