{title: Is this the way to Amarillo}
{artist: Tony Christie}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 135}
{key: G}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Post-chorus}
[G] Sha la la, la [C]la la la la, [C] [G]
[G] Sha la la, la [D]la la la la, [D] [C]
[C] Sha la la, la [G]la la la la. [D] [D]
[G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[G] When the day is [C]dawning [G] on a Texas [D]Sunday morning,
[G] how I long to [C]be there, [G] with Marie who's [D]waiting for me there.
[Eb] Every lonely [Bb]city [Eb] where I hang my [Bb]hat,
[Eb] aint as half as [Bb]pretty as [Am7]where my baby's [D7]at.
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[G] Is this the way to [C]Amarillo? [C] [G]
[G] Every night I've been [D]hugging my pillow. [D] [G]
[G] Dreaming dreams of [C]Amarillo [G/D] and sweet Ma[D7]rie who [G]waits for me.
[G] Show me the way to [C]Amarillo. [C] [G]
[G] I've been weeping [D]like a willow. [D] [G]
[G] Crying over [C]Amarillo [G/D] and sweet Ma[D7]rie who [G]waits for me.
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{start_of_part: Post-chorus}
[G] Sha la la, la [C]la la la la, [C] [G]
[G] Sha la la, la [D]la la la la, [D] [C]
[C] Sha la la, la [G]la la la la,
[D] and sweet Marie who [G]waits for me.
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[G] There's a church bell [C]ringing, [G] hear the song of [D]joy thats it's singing,
[G] for the sweet Ma[C]ria [G] and the guy who's [D]coming to see her.
[Eb] Just beyond the [Bb]highway [Eb] there's an open [Bb]plain,
[Eb] and it keeps me [Bb]going [Am7]through the wind and [D7]rain
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Post-chorus}
[G] Sha la la, la [C]la la la la, [C] [G]
[G] Sha la la, la [D]la la la la, [D] [C]
[C] Sha la la, la [G]la la la la,
[D] and Marie who [G]waits for me.
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{start_of_part: Post-chorus (repeat)}
[Ab] Sha la la, la [Db]la la la la, [Db] [Ab]
[Ab] Sha la la, la [Eb]la la la la, [Eb] [Db]
[Db] Sha la la, la [Ab]la la la la,
[Eb] and Marie who [Ab]waits for me.
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