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[Intro]
CThere's street in Istanbul, Istanbul, Istanbul
CThere's street in Istanbul, Istanbul, Istanbul
[Verse 1]
CYou got to pick up the pieces Amof your broken heart
CYou got to stitch 'em together, Dmyou want a new start
CAnd when you turn the Ampage there will be Emdifferent words
   C(AmIstanbul, FmIstanbul)
[Verse 2]
CYou got to live everydAmay like it's the last night
CDon't need know where you're goiAmng before you Ftake flight
CAnd when you break the cloAmuds there will be a different light
C(whoa-whoa-oh)
[Chorus]
CThere's a Fstreet in IstanCbul
AmWhere the trees lost their Gleaves
CWe took shFelter from the Crain
Yeah, Amwe never won but Gwe never lost
A Fplace in each of Cus
AmA memory that Gsomething was Fbeautiful
So Cbeautiful AmA street in IstanCbul
[Instrumental]
Dm G D
[Verse 3]
CYou got to pick up the pieces Amof your broken heart
CYou got to stitch 'em together, Amyou want a new start
CAnd when you turn the Ampage there will be different words
C(whoa-whoa-oh)
[Chorus]
CThere's a Fstreet in IstanCbul
AmWhere the trees lost their Gleaves
CWe took shFelter from the Crain
Yeah, Amwe never won but Gwe never lost
A Fplace in each of Cus
AmA memory that Gsomething was Fbeautiful
So Cbeautiful AmA street in IstanCbul
[Instrumental]
Dm F Am C F
Dm F Am C
Dm Am A F G
Dm
[Chorus]
(strum once)
There's a Fstreet in IstaCnbul
AmWhere the trees lost their Gleaves
CWe took shFelter from the Crain
Yeah, Amwe never won but Gwe never lost
A Fplace in each of Cus
AmA memory that Gsomething was Fbeautiful
            CN.C.
So beautiful A street in Istanbul
[Chorus]
There's a Fstreet in IstanCbul
AmWhere the trees lost their Gleaves
CWe took shFelter from the Crain
Yeah, Amwe never won but Gwe never lost
A Fplace in each of Cus
AmA memory that Gsomething was Fbeautiful
So Cbeautiful AmA street in IstanCbul
[Instrumental]
(Fwhoa-whoa-Coh, Amwhoa-whoa-Goh, Fwhoa-whoa-Coh)
[Outro]
AmA street in IstanGbul

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Istanbul

by New Politics

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[Intro]

There's street in Istanbul, Istanbul, Istanbul

[Verse 1]

C Am

You got to pick up the pieces of your broken heart

C Dm

You got to stitch 'em together, you want a new start

C Am Em

And when you turn the page there will be different words

C Am Fm

(Istanbul, Istanbul)

[Verse 2]

C Am

You got to live everyday like it's the last night

C Am F

Don't need know where you're going before you take flight

C Am

And when you break the clouds there will be a different light

(whoa-whoa-oh)

[Chorus]

C F C

There's a street in Istanbul

Am G

Where the trees lost their leaves

C F C

We took shelter from the rain

Am G

Yeah, we never won but we never lost

F C

A place in each of us

Am G F

A memory that something was beautiful

C Am C

So beautiful A street in Istanbul

[Instrumental]

Dm G D

[Verse 3]

C Am

You got to pick up the pieces of your broken heart

C Am

You got to stitch 'em together, you want a new start

C Am

And when you turn the page there will be different words

(whoa-whoa-oh)

[Chorus]

C F C

There's a street in Istanbul

Am G

Where the trees lost their leaves

C F C

We took shelter from the rain

Am G

Yeah, we never won but we never lost

F C

A place in each of us

Am G F

A memory that something was beautiful

C Am C

So beautiful A street in Istanbul

[Instrumental]

Dm F Am C F

Dm F Am C

Dm Am A F G

[Chorus]

(strum once)

F C

There's a street in Istanbul

Am G

Where the trees lost their leaves

C F C

We took shelter from the rain

Am G

Yeah, we never won but we never lost

F C

A place in each of us

Am G F

A memory that something was beautiful

N.C.

So beautiful A street in Istanbul

[Chorus]

F C

There's a street in Istanbul

Am G

Where the trees lost their leaves

C F C

We took shelter from the rain

Am G

Yeah, we never won but we never lost

F C

A place in each of us

Am G F

A memory that something was beautiful

C Am C

So beautiful A street in Istanbul

[Instrumental]

F C Am G F C

(whoa-whoa-oh, whoa-whoa-oh, whoa-whoa-oh)

[Outro]

Am G

A street in Istanbul

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