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Sri Lanka My Shangri La by Jack Jersey
Sri Lanka My Shangri La
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
[Intro]
C C C C
F F G G
C C
(repeat intro)
[Verse 1]
C
Sri-Lanka, you are my Shangri-La,
C F
hidden in the sun.
F
Recalling the land of my roots,
F C
when my life began.
[Verse 2]
C
Sri-Lanka, you are my Shangri-La,
C F
from this moment on.
F
Take me away in dreams,
F C
to the place I've been born.
F G
Recall all my memories,
Am
That nearly have been gone.
[Chorus]
C G F
I say hey; This is a place I wanna stay.
F C
Me and my baby, I'm sure I don't mean maybe today.
G F
I say oh! Wish all my old friends would know.
F C G
I'm almost in heaven, Sri-Lanka, so don't let me go. Oh no.
[Instrumental]
C C C C
F F F F
C C F G
Am Am C C
[Verse 3]
C
Sri-Lanka, I'll speak your Sinhala,
F
from this moment on.
F
Let me keep pretending you're the isle,
C
where I been born.
F G
Secret paradise for dreamers,
Am
like me on the run.
[Chorus]
C G F
I say hey; This is a place I wanna stay.
F C
Me and my baby, I'm sure I don't mean maybe today.
G F
I say oh! Wish all my old friends would know.
F C G
I'm almost in heaven, Sri-Lanka, so don't let me go. Oh no.
[Outro]
C C C C
F F G G
C C
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