Road To Mandalay Chords

KeyEbm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays953

Road To Mandalay by Colin Hay is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ebm. It uses the chords C#, B, Ebm, F# and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Ebm
Text
16
Speed
  			Taken from the Topanga album 

Ebm - X68876 
C#  - X46664 
F#  - 244322 
G#m - 466444 


Intro: C# - B 


Verse: 

Ebm    C#             F# 
Like a king without a crown 

Ebm    C#             F# 
As the curtain comes down 

Ebm    C#   G#m        C# 
I went home but I came back for more 

Ebm    C#       B 
I was sad as a clown 


F#                          C#  B 
I, I would rather steal than borrow 

F#             C#   B 
You and your heart away 

F#                          C#  B 
I, I would rather lead than follow 

Ebm         C#   G#m    F# 
The road to Mandalay 


Play every verse and chorus the same way. 

Bridge: 

B                    C# 
As the sky threatens another land beckons 

F#                  B 
We can't take it anymore 

C#                   F# 
Have to know once and for all 

   C#                  B 
Do we stand or do we fall 


Thats the song, enjoy. Comment if ya' got 'em.
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante