...NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO... by Madness
-------------------------...........

*from 'One Step Beyond' (1979)*


Intro:

C  Bbm (x3)

C              Bbm
 Night boat to Cairo!

Verse 1:

(Instrumental)

C  Bbm (x8)
Fm  C#7 (x3)  Fm  Eb, (Eb) D  C7

Verse 1:

     C                    Bbm
It's just gone noon, half past Monsoon,
       C                  Bbm
On the banks of The River Nile.
     C                    Bbm
Here comes the boat, only half-afloat,
        C                 Bbm
Oarsman grins a toothless smile.

     C                      Bbm
Only just one more, to this desolate shore,
     C                    Bbm
Last boat along The River Nile.
        C                     Bbm
Doesn't seem to care; no more wind in his hair,
      C                     Bbm
As he reaches his last half mile.

        Fm                           C#7
The oar snaps in his hand, before he reaches dry land,
        Fm                       C#7
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile.
     Fm                         C#7
Just pokes at wet sand, with an oar in his hand;
       Fm                 Eb
Floats off down the River Nile,
                    D     C7   C#  D  Eb  E
Floats off down the River Nile.

Sax Solo:

F  Ebm (x8)

(Slower Tempo):

F  Ebm (x4)

Interlude:

F  Ebm (x3), F

Coda:

F  Ebm

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

    C        Bbm      Fm       C#7       Eb      D

 EA D GBE  EADGBE  EAD G BE  EA DG BE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 81010988  688666  x8101098  91191099  x68886  x57775

   C7      C#      E         F        Ebm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EAD G B E  EADGBE
 x35353  x46664  x79997  x81010108  x68876


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)