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Taj Mahal with The Culture Musical Club Of Zanzibar.
[Verse 1]
O C#mhooo, haaaa, mhmmmm, haaaaa
Bright suF#mnshine, over, over the deep blue sC#mea
I said it C#mwas a bright sun shining over deep blue F#msea, blue, blue sea
All the fG#mishermen are coming in from the nF#might
And the saG#ils on the horizon, ohF#, we in the Dhow CC#mountries
C#mOh yeah, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
C#mOh yeah
F#mBig moony night, full, full, shining through the tC#mrees
C#mBig moony night, just shining thF#mrough the trees
And the fG#mishermen setting out their nets, mmmmm F#mmmm
G#mMmm, oh the sails along the cF#moast of the Dhow CoC#muntries
C#mMmmm hmm, mmmm....
[Verse 3]
C#mMmmm
F#mDar-Es-Salaam, Zanzibar, PemC#mba
Mmmmm, haF#mbari gani, habari gani, ooh, C#myoo
Oh, so pG#eaceful feeling, I don't wanna F#mgo
SG#mails on the horizon along the cF#moast of the Dhow CoC#muntries
C#mAfrica, africa.
[Solo]
C#m C#m F#m F#m
C#m C#m F#m F#m
G#m F#m G#m C#m C#m C#m
[Verse 4]
C#m
F#mThe night are sweet, the air is fiC#mne
My F#mdreams are good and I'm rested in my mC#mind
G#mAll the streets, oF#moh, curve here and there
G#mPeople talking everywF#mhere in the Dhow CoC#muntries
C#mOooh
[Verse 5]
C#m
F#mBright sun shining over the dC#meep blue sea
TherC#me's a bright sun shining over blue, bC#mlue, blue, blue sea
G#mFishermen are coming in, F#mtheir nets are full
G#mSails on the horizon aF#mlong the coast of Dhow CC#mountries
C#mAlong the coast, along the coast

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Dhow Countries

by Taj Mahal

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C#m

F#m

G#m

Taj Mahal with The Culture Musical Club Of Zanzibar.

[Verse 1]

C#m

O hooo, haaaa, mhmmmm, haaaaa

F#m C#m

Bright sunshine, over, over the deep blue sea

C#m F#m

I said it was a bright sun shining over deep blue sea, blue, blue sea

G#m F#m

All the fishermen are coming in from the night

G# F# C#m

And the sails on the horizon, oh, we in the Dhow Countries

C#m

Oh yeah, oh yeah

[Verse 2]

C#m

Oh yeah

F#m C#m

Big moony night, full, full, shining through the trees

C#m F#m

Big moony night, just shining through the trees

G#m F#m

And the fishermen setting out their nets, mmmmm mmm

G#m F#m C#m

Mmm, oh the sails along the coast of the Dhow Countries

C#m

Mmmm hmm, mmmm....

[Verse 3]

C#m

Mmmm

F#m C#m

Dar-Es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Pemba

F#m C#m

Mmmmm, habari gani, habari gani, ooh, yoo

G# F#m

Oh, so peaceful feeling, I don't wanna go

G#m F#m C#m

Sails on the horizon along the coast of the Dhow Countries

C#m

Africa, africa.

[Solo]

C#m C#m F#m F#m

G#m F#m G#m C#m C#m C#m

[Verse 4]

C#m

F#m C#m

The night are sweet, the air is fine

F#m C#m

My dreams are good and I'm rested in my mind

G#m F#m

All the streets, ooh, curve here and there

G#m F#m C#m

People talking everywhere in the Dhow Countries

C#m

Oooh

[Verse 5]

C#m

F#m C#m

Bright sun shining over the deep blue sea

C#m C#m

There's a bright sun shining over blue, blue, blue, blue sea

G#m F#m

Fishermen are coming in, their nets are full

G#m F#m C#m

Sails on the horizon along the coast of Dhow Countries

C#m

Along the coast, along the coast

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