The Bands Visit - Omar Sharif Chords & Tabs
by Misc Musicals
[Version Description]
A few chords changed and added chords for 3 step transition in many of the verses.
[Intro]
Bm G Bm E
Bm G Bm
[Verses]
Bm G F#m Bm
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
G A F#m A G
Came floating on a jasmine wind
C A
From the west, from the south
B
Honey in my ears
C F#m
Spice in my mouth.
Bm G
Dark and thrilling,
F#m Bm
Strange and sweet
G A F F# G
Cleopatra and the handsome thief
Em A D G
And they floated in on a jasmine wind
C F# Bm
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Em A D G
And they floated in on a jasmine wind
C F# Bm
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Bm G F#m Bm
Friday evening, Omar Sharif,
G A D F F# G
In black and white and blurry through tears.
C A
My mother and I would sit there in a trace
F# F
He was cool to the marrow, the pharaoh of romance
Bm G
Sunday morning,
F#m Bm
Umm Kulthum
G A D F#m G
Her voice would fill our living room.
Em A D G
The ship from Egypt always came
C F# F
Sailing in on the radio waves
Em A D G
And the jasmine wind, deep perfume
C F# Bm
Oooh Umm Kulthum
A
And the living room becomes a garden,
C
And the TV set becomes a fountain,
D E
And the music flows in the garden
F
And everything grows
C#m A G#m A
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
F#m B E G#m A
Came floating on a lemon leaf
F#m B G#m A
Flying in on a jasmine wind
D G# C#m
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
F#m B G#m A
And we dance with them on a jasmine scented wind,
D G# C#m
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif.
