Biography:
Tony Christie (AKA Anthony Fitzgerald), has had an illustrious career spanning over 40 years.
Born 1943, Yorkshire, UK, Christie started his musical life in 1960 in a duo called the Grant Brothers, and until 1969 he simply fronted bands. In 1969 he signed up with MCA Records. Hits such as Amarillo and I Did What I Did for Maria followed.
Christie sold over 10 million records in the 70s. The 80s saw a slowdown due to changing musical taste, however he was awarded Die Golden Europa by German radio for superb showmanship.
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Show Me The Way To Amarillo
A D D A
Sha la lala lalala
A E E D
Sha la lala lalala
D A E
Sha la lala lalala
A D A E
When the day is dawning on a Texas Sunday morning
A D
How I long to be there
A E
With Marie who # 17 s waiting for me there
F C F C
Every lonely city where I hang my hat
F C E
Ain # 17 t as half as pretty as where my baby # 17 s at
A D D A
Is this the way to Amarillo
A E E A
Every night I # 17 ve been hugging my pillow
A D A E A
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
A D D A
Show me the way to Amarillo
A E E A
I # 17 ve been weeping like a willow
A D A E A
Crying over Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
A D D A
Sha la la lala lalala
A E E D
Sha la la lala lalala
D A E A
Sha la la lala lalala and Marie who waits for me
A D
There # 17 s a church bell ringing
A E
Here the song of joy that # 17 s it # 17 s singing
A D A E
For the sweet Maria and the guy who # 17 s coming to see her
F C F C
Just beyond the highway there # 17 s an open plain
F C E
and it keeps me going through the wind and rain
A D D A
Is this the way to Amarillo
A E E A
Every night I # 17 ve been hugging my pillow
A D A E A
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
A D D A
Show me the way to Amarillo
A E E A
I # 17 ve been weeping like a willow
A D A E A
Crying over Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me
A D D A
Sha la la lala lalala
A E E D
Sha la la lala lalala
D A E A
Sha la la lala lala and Marie who waits for me
Bb Eb Eb Bb
Sha la la lala lalala
Bb F F Eb
Sha la la lala lalala
Eb Bb F Bb
Sha la la lala lala and Marie who waits for me
B E E B
Sha la la la lalala
B F#
Sha la la la lalala
Repeat to fade
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