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

G              F#m   B
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

     G        A      F#m     G
Came floating on a jasmine wind

        C              A
From the west, from the south

B
Honey in my ears

F             F#m
Spice in my mouth.

B         G
Dark and thrilling,

F#m         B
Strange and sweet

    G     A       F        G
Cleopatra and the handsome thief

          Em     A        D      G
And they floated in on a jasmine wind

C      D#m      B
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

         Em      A        D      G
And they floated in on a jasmine wind

C      D#m      B
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

B       G       F#m  B
Friday evening, Omar Sharif,

   G          A        D              G
In black and white and blurry through tears.

   C                   A
My mother and I would sit there in a trace

       B                        F
He was cool to the marrow, the pharaoh of romance

B      G
Sunday morning,

F#m     B
Umm Kulthum

    G           A        F#m    G
Her voice would fill our living room.

    Em        A      D     G
The ship from Egypt always came

D#m               F
Sailing in on the radio waves

        Em      A     D     G
And the jasmine wind, deep perfume

C D#m B
Umm Kulthum

         A
And the living room becomes a garden,

         C
And the TV set becomes a fountain,

        D#m                Em
And the music flows in the garden

    F
And everything grows

C#     Em       G#m  A
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

     F#m      B    G#m   A
Came floating on a lemon leaf

F#m    B       G#m     A
Flying in on a jasmine wind

D    G#m        C#
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

        F#m       B         G#m             A
And we dance with them on a jasmine scented wind,

D    G#m        C#
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif.