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[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
AA place, where D/Anobody Dm/Adared to Ago
The C#7/G#love that we came to F#m7know
F#m7/EThey call it Ab7/EbXanaduAb7/C  Bm7  E7  
And Anow, D/Aopen your Dm/Aeyes and Asee
What C#7/G#we have made is F#m7real
F#m7/EWe are in Ab7/EbXanaduAb7/C  Bm7  E7  
[Bridge 1]
AA million C#m7lights are dancing
And Dthere you are
A Dmshooting star
AAn everlC#m7asting world
And you're Dhere with me
So Dmlet it beF  E  D  
[Chorus]
AXanadu, B7Xanadu,
Now we are Dmhere
In XanaE7du, (Xanadu)D  A  F  G  
AXanadu, B7Xanadu,
Now we are Dmhere
In XanaE7du
DXanadA/C#u, your Bm7neon lights will E7/G#shine
   E7In XanaAdu
[Verse 2]
AThe love, the D/Aechoes of Dm/Along agAo
You C#7/G#needed the world to F#m7know
F#m7/EThey are in Ab7/EbXanaduAb7/C  Bm7  E7  
The Adream, that D/Acame through a Dm/Amillion Ayears
That C#7/G#lived on through all the F#m7tears
F#m7/EIt came to Ab7/EbXanaduAb7/C  Bm7  E7  
[Bridge 2]
AA million C#m7lights are dancing
And Dthere you are
A Dmshooting star
AAn everlC#m7asting world
And you're Dhere with me
So G7let it be
[Final Chorus]
AXanadu, B7Xanadu,
Now we are Dmhere
In XanaE7du, du uD  A  F  G  
AXanadu, B7Xanadu,
In DmXa---E7na---Adu
[Outro]
    A       B7      Dmin E7Xa-na-Adu
    A       B7      Dmin EXa---C#m7na---Edu...
XanaFdu-Dmuu-Au...!
A

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Xanadu New Version

by Electric Light Orchestra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/A

Dm/A

C#7/G#

F#m7

F#m7/E

Ab7/Eb

Ab7/C

Bm7

C#m7

A/C#

E7/G#

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

A D/A Dm/A A

A place, where nobody dared to go

C#7/G# F#m7

The love that we came to know

F#m7/E Ab7/Eb Ab7/C Bm7 E7

They call it Xanadu

A D/A Dm/A A

And now, open your eyes and see

C#7/G# F#m7

What we have made is real

F#m7/E Ab7/Eb Ab7/C Bm7 E7

We are in Xanadu

[Bridge 1]

A C#m7

A million lights are dancing

And there you are

A shooting star

A C#m7

An everlasting world

And you're here with me

Dm F E D

So let it be

[Chorus]

A B7

Xanadu, Xanadu,

Now we are here

E7 D A F G

In Xanadu, (Xanadu)

A B7

Xanadu, Xanadu,

Now we are here

In Xanadu

D A/C# Bm7 E7/G#

Xanadu, your neon lights will shine

E7 A

In Xanadu

[Verse 2]

A D/A Dm/A A

The love, the echoes of long ago

C#7/G# F#m7

You needed the world to know

F#m7/E Ab7/Eb Ab7/C Bm7 E7

They are in Xanadu

A D/A Dm/A A

The dream, that came through a million years

C#7/G# F#m7

That lived on through all the tears

F#m7/E Ab7/Eb Ab7/C Bm7 E7

It came to Xanadu

[Bridge 2]

A C#m7

A million lights are dancing

And there you are

A shooting star

A C#m7

An everlasting world

And you're here with me

So let it be

[Final Chorus]

A B7

Xanadu, Xanadu,

Now we are here

E7 D A F G

In Xanadu, du u

A B7

Xanadu, Xanadu,

Dm E7 A

In Xa---na---du

[Outro]

A B7 Dm E7 A

in Xa-na-du

A B7 Dm E C#m7 E

in Xa---na---du...

F Dm A

Xanadu-uu-u...!

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