This is a simple and groovy song. Here's how I play it. F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1)(pause) FHere (133211@1)I sleep the morning through Dm'Til (xx0231@1)the wail of the call to prayer awakes me FAnd (133211@1)there ain't nothing at all to do but rise and follow DmThe (xx0231@1)day wherever it takes me FI (133211@1)stand at the window and I look at the sea DmAnd (xx0231@1)I am what I am, and what will be will be FI (133211@1)stand at the window and I look at the sea DmAnd (xx0231@1)I make me a pot of opium tea ( p au (x02210@1)s e (022000@1)) FDown (133211@1)at the port I watch the boats come in DmWatch (xx0231@1)the boats come in can do something to you FAnd (133211@1)the kids gather around with an outstretched hand DmAnd (xx0231@1)I toss them a dirham or two FWell, (133211@1)I wonder if my children are thinking of me DmCause (xx0231@1)I am what I am, and what will be will be FI (133211@1)wonder if my kids are thinking of me DmAnd (xx0231@1)I smile and I sip my opium tea (pause) FAt (133211@1)night the sea lashes the rust red ramparts DmAnd (xx0231@1)the shapes of hooded men who pass me FAnd (133211@1)the moan of the wind laughs and laughs and laughs DmThe (xx0231@1)strange luck that fate has cast me FWell, (133211@1)the cats on the rampart sing merrily DmThat (xx0231@1)he is what he is and what will be will be FYeah, (133211@1)the cats on the rampart sing merrily DmAnd (xx0231@1)I sit and I drink of my opium tea FI'm (133211@1)a prisoner here, I can never go home DmThere (xx0231@1)is nothing here to win or lose FThere (133211@1)are no choices needed to be made at all DmNot (xx0231@1)even the choice of having to choose FWell, (133211@1)I'm a prisoner here, yes, but I'm also free DmCause (xx0231@1)I am what I am and what will be will be FI'm (133211@1)a prisoner here, yeah, but I'm also free DmAnd (xx0231@1)I smile and I sip my opium tea. Someone should figure out the melody bit, the part the organ plays after the choruses. Figure it out then post it, that'd be nifty.
