Al Stewart – Constantinople (Guitar Solo Tab)

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Chords

[Verse]
Em         D/F#
Across the western world

    B7               Em
The lights are going down

Am7       Bm            A      B
The gypsy armies of the evening

Em             D/F#
Have lit their fires across

 B7             Em
Another side of town

Am7           Bm            A    Em
They will not pass this way again
[Chorus]
C              D
So here in the night

C                    Em
Leave your home it's time for running

C          D
Out of the light

B                  Em
I see the hosts of Mohammed coming
[Break] G D C Em C D Em Em [Verse]
Em       D/F#
The Holy Sister bars her

B7                Em
Doors against the East

Am7           Bm             A      B
Her house has stood too long divided

Em      D/F#
The uninvited guests

    B7              Em
Are breaking up the feast

Am7         Bm             A    Em
She may not bid them leave again
[Chorus]
C              D
So here in the night

C                    Em
Leave your home it's time for running

C          D
Out of the light

B                  Em
I see the hosts of Mohammed coming
[Break] G D C Em G D Em [Bridge]
G           D          Em
I dreamed I stood like this before

Em               G
And I'm sure the words that I heard then

D             Cmaj7
Were much the same

G            D
It's just an old Greek

Em
Tragedy they're acting here

G            D       Cmaj7
Held over by popular acclaim
[Break] D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Em [Chorus]
C              D
So here in the night

C                    Em
Leave your home it's time for running

C          D
Out of the light

B                  Em             G
I see the hosts of Mohammed coming
[Outro] G D Em Em D Em G D Em Em D Em C D G Em C D Em