Omar Sharif – The Bands Visit Soundtrack Guitar Chords

[intro]
Am F Am D
Am F Am

[verses]
Am F Em Am
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
F G Em G F
Came floating on a jasmine wind
Bb G
From the west, from the south
A
Honey in my ears
Bb Em
Spice in my mouth.
Am F
Dark and thrilling,
Em Am
Strange and sweet
F G Eb E F
Cleopatra and the handsome thief
Dm G C F
And they floated in on a jasmine wind
Bb E Am
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Dm G C F
And they floated in on a jasmine wind
Bb E Am
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

Am F Em Am
Friday evening, Omar Sharif,
F G C Eb E F
In black and white and blurry through tears.
Bb G
My mother and I would sit there in a trace
E Eb
He was cool to the marrow, the pharaoh of romance

Am F
Sunday morning,
Em Am
Umm Kulthum
F G C Em F
Her voice would fill our living room.
Dm G C F
The ship from Egypt always came
Bb E Eb
Sailing in on the radio waves

Dm G C F
And the jasmine wind, deep perfume
Bb E Am
Oooh Umm Kulthum

G
And the living room becomes a garden,
Bb
And the TV set becomes a fountain,
C D
And the music flows in the garden
Eb
And everything grows

Bm G Gbm G
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Em A D Gbm G
Came floating on a lemon leaf
Em A Gbm G
Flying in on a jasmine wind
C Gb Bm
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Em A Gbm G
And we dance with them on a jasmine scented wind,
C Gb Bm
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif.