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Artist: The Decemberists Album: Picaresqueties Song: Constantinople Tabbed by: Matt - dumbjaw |at| gmail C - X32010 Cadd9 - X30010 Am - X02210 Amadd4 - X00210 F - 133211 G - 320033 G7 - 320001 C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C C Cadd9 C Cadd9 O the minarets of Constantinople Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4 Are plated gold, ivory, and opal F G G7 Their cupolas all onion-domed in light C Cadd9 C Cadd9 And the magistrate of Constantinople Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4 Has made a match; his family was hopeful F G G7 Their daughter would be promised a wedding night F But the Sultan's weary bride G She won't be wed tonight C G Am Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie F For far across the town G Her lover's lying drowned C G Am And painted by the Bosporus in blue F G G7 And there's nothing for a broken heart to do C Cadd9 C Cadd9 Down the dirty streets of Constantinople Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4 The beggars weep, their hands all wide open F G G7 Their severed leper limbs all swing and sway C Cadd9 C Cadd9 At a windowsill in Constantinople Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4 Our hero sighs to melodies noteful F G G7 And gazes on his walls that hold his love F But the Sultan's weary bride G She won't be wed tonight C G Am Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie F For far across the town G Her lover now is drowned C G Am And painted by the Bosporus in blue F G G7 And there's nothing for a broken heart to do F G No, there's nothing for a broken heart to do C G Am F G G7 C Except cry
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