...NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO... by Madness -------------------------........... *from 'One Step Beyond' (1979)* Intro: C A#m (x3)

^C Night boat to ^A#mCairo! Verse 1: (Instrumental)

C A#m (x8) Fm C#7 (x3) Fm D#, (D#) D C7 Verse 1:

It's ^Cjust gone noon, half ^A#mpast Monsoon, On the ^Cbanks of The River ^A#mNile. Here ^Ccomes the boat, only ^A#mhalf-afloat, Oarsman ^Cgrins a toothless ^A#msmile.

Only ^Cjust one more, to this ^A#mdesolate shore, Last ^Cboat along The River ^A#mNile. Doesn't ^Cseem to care; no more ^A#mwind in his hair, As he ^Creaches his last half ^A#mmile.

The oar ^Fmsnaps in his hand, before he ^C#7reaches dry land, But the ^Fmsound doesn't deafen his ^C#7smile. Just ^Fmpokes at wet sand, with an ^C#7oar in his hand; Floats ^Fmoff down the River ^D#Nile, Floats off down the ^DRiver ^C7Nile.^C# ^D ^D# ^E

Solo: F D#m (x8) (Slower Tempo): F D#m (x4) Interlude: F D#m (x3), F Coda: F D#m (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C A#m Fm C#7 D# D EA D GBE EADGBE EAD G BE EA DG BE EADGBE EADGBE 81010988 688666 x8101098 91191099 x68886 x57775 C7 C# E F D#m EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EADGBE x35353 x46664 x79997 x81010108 x68876 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Madness - Night boat to cairo