{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1676480,"song":"Istanbul Not Constantinople","artist":"The Four Lads","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11350609-istanbul-not-constantinople-chords-by-the-four-lads/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1676480?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":12,"content":"Istanbul:Four Lads.\r\n#10 on BB Hot 100 Pop on\r\nCOLUMBIA Records in 1953.\r\n\r\nINTRO:  [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Fm[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIstanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nnot Constantinople.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBeen a long time gone, old Constantinople's still [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bbm[/ch]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nhas Turkish delight on a moonlit night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nEvery gal in Constantinople is a Miss-stanbul, not [/tab]\r\n\r\nConstantinople.\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo, if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nwaiting in Istanbul.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Db[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nEven old New York was once New Amsterdam..why they [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nchanged it, I can't say..people just liked it better [/tab]\r\n\r\nthat way.\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Db[/ch]        [ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake me back to Constantinople, no, you can't go back [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto Constantinople.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, it's Istanbul, not Constantinople..why did Constantinople [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nget the works?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nThat's nobody's business but the Turks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nDoo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..Istanbul!![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nDoo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..Istanbul!![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Db[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nEven old New York was once New Amsterdam..why they [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nchanged it, I can't say..people just liked it better [/tab]\r\n\r\nthat way.\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Db[/ch]        [ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake me back to Constantinople, no, you can't go back [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto Constantinople.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, it's Istanbul, not Constantinople..why did Constantinople [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nget the works?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nThat's nobody's business but the Turks.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIstanbul!!![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Istanbul:Four Lads.\n#10 on BB Hot 100 Pop on\nCOLUMBIA Records in 1953.\n\nINTRO:  Fm Gb C Fm Gb Fm\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\nConstantinople.\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\nthat way.\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: Fm Gb Fm Gb\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\nthat way.\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["Fm","Gb","C","F","Bbm","Gm","Ab","Db","Bb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}