istanbul.mup

header
  title (18) "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
  title (9) "" "They Might Be Giants"

score
  beamstyle=4,4,4,4
  time=cut

music

1: 4d; 4f; 4a; 8a-;d~;
rom chord above 1: 1 "Dm";
lyrics 1: "<1. >|Is-tan-bul was Con-";
lyrics 1: "<2. >|Eve-ry gal in Con-";
lyrics 1: "<3. >|take me back to Con-";
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1: 8d;8a~;;;g;f;e;d;
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple. Now it's";
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple lives in";
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple. No you";
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1: 4d; 4f; 4a; 8a-;d~;
lyrics 1: "Is-tan-bul, not Con-";
lyrics 1: "Is-tan-bul, not Con-";
lyrics 1: "can't go back to Con-";
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1: 8d;8a~;;;g;f;e;d;
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple. Been a";
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple, so if";
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple. Been a";
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1: 4c#; e; g; 8a-; c#~;
rom chord above 1: 1 "A";
lyrics 1: "long time gone, <> Con-";
lyrics 1: "you've a date in Con-";
lyrics 1: "long time gone in Con-";
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1: 8c; g~;;;f;e;d;c#;
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple. Now it's";
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple she'll be";
lyrics 1: "stan-ti-no-ple. Why did";
bar ending "1."

1: 8d;;;8~;4;8;;
rom chord above 1: 1 "Dm";
lyrics 1: "Tur-kish de-light on a";
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1: 8d;8d~;;8~;4;r;
lyrics 1: "moon-lit night.";
repeatend ending "2"

1: 8d;;4;4a-;c#;
rom chord above 1: 1 "Dm";
lyrics 1: "wait-ing in Is-tan";
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1: 4d; r; d;e;
lyrics 1: "bul. E-ven";
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1: 2f; 2e;
lyrics 1: "old_ New_";
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1: 2.d;4f;
lyrics 1: "York_ was";
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1: 4f;a;e;f;
lyrics 1: "once New Am-ster-";
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1: 1d;
lyrics 1: "dam._";
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1: 4c#;;;8;8~;
rom chord above 1: 1 "A";
lyrics 1: "Why they changed it, I_";
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1: 8c;8~;8;8~;2;
lyrics 1: "can't say.";
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1: 8a-;;4;4b-;4c#;
rom chord above 1: 1 "n.c.";
lyrics 1: "Peo-ple just liked it";
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1: 8d;;4;4;a;
lyrics 1: "bet-ter that way. So";
repeatend ending "3."

1: 4d;8;;8;e;f;g;
rom chord above 1: 1 "Dm";
lyrics 1: "Con-stan-ti-no-ple get the";
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1: 4a;4r;4r;4a;
lyrics 1: "works? That's";
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1: 4a-;8;8;8;8;b-;c#;
rom chord above 1: 1 "A";
lyrics 1: "no-bod-y's busi-ness but the";
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1: 2d;2r;
rom chord above 1: 1 "Dm";
lyrics 1: "Turks.";
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