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-[F]-la, la la-la
[D#] Sha-la-la, la-[A#]-la, la la-la / [F] [F] // [A#] [A#]

VERSE 1:
[A#] When the day is [D#] dawning, [A#] on a Texas [F] Sunday morning
[A#] How I long to [D#] be there, [A#] with Marie who's [F] 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 [F] where my baby's at

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

REPEAT INTRO:

BREAK:
[F] And Marie who [A#] waits for me

VERSE 2:
[A#] There's a church bell [D#] ringing, [A#] with a song of [F] joy that it's singing
[A#] For the sweet [D#] Maria, [A#] and the guy who's [F] 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, [F] through the wind and rain

REPEAT CHORUS:

REPEAT INTRO:

BREAK:
[F] And Marie who [A#] waits for me

OUTRO:
[B] Sha-la-la, la-[E]-la, la la-la / [B] Sha-la-la, la-[F#]-la, la la-la
[E] Sha-la-la, la-[B]-la, la la-la / [F#] And Marie who [B] waits for me

REPEAT OUTRO: