...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)