Misc Musicals – The Bands Visit - Omar Sharif (Guitar)

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.