• Song:

    Mecca

  • Artist:

    Gene Pitney

  • Album:

    The Definitive Collecti...

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                                "Mecca"
                            (Nader - Gluck)

Intro:

	[snake charmer flute and belly dancer cymbals]

	(Mecca)

	Dm (xx0231@1)     A7 (x02020@1)/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	Dm (xx0231@1)I live on the west side
	 Bb (x1333x@1)             C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)           Gm (355333@1)   A7 (x02020@1)She lives on the east side of the street  (Mecca, Mecca)
	     Dm (xx0231@1)And though they say that east is east
	     Bb (x1333x@1)              C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)          F7 (131241@1)And west is west, and never the twain shall meet  (Mecca, Mecca)

Chorus:

	      Bb (x1333x@1)               A7 (x02020@1)Each morning I face her window
	     Bb (x1333x@1)                  A7 (x02020@1)And pray that our love can be
	             Dm (xx0231@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)'Cause that brownstone house where my baby lives
	    Dm (xx0231@1)                            A7 (x02020@1)                Dm (xx0231@1)[1,2: A7]
	Is Mecca                        Mecca                to me
	        (Mecca, Mecca, Mecca)  (Mecca, Mecca, Mecca)

Verse 2:

	Though she's my dream goddess
	And her ruby lips are so divine
	And though her folks say we're too young
	To know of love, I worship at her shrine

[repeat chorus]

Instrumental break:

	guitar and flute solos over verse chords

[repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

	Dm (xx0231@1)(Mecca, Mecca, Mecca)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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