Dardanella (A)
Words by Fred Fisher
Key: A
Music by Felix Bernard and Johnny Black
Copyright 1919

File Created 4/12/2019

Chords and Lyrics provided by Judy Muldawer and Nikos Voutsinas
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Intro Notes:

E A E B C# E (start on second sting open E
followed by first string open A.)

Verse 1:

A
Down beside the Dardanella Bay
                       E7
Where Oriental breezes play,
                                A
There lives a lonesome maid, Ar-menian

A
By the Dardanelles with glowing eyes
                              E7
She looks across the seas and sighs
                                A
And weaves her love spell so Si-renian

F      C7                    F
Soon I shall return to Turke-stan
E      B7                   E   E7
I will ask for her heart andhand

Chorus:

A
Oh sweet Dardanella
E7                A
I love your harem eyes
I'm a lucky fellow
E7                A
To capture such a price

   A7    D
Oh Allah knows my love for you
D#dim  A               F#m
And he tells you to be true
       B7                E7   EdimE7
Darda -nella, Oh hear my sigh
My Oriental,

A
Oh sweet Dardanella
E7                  A
Prepare the wedding wine
            D
There'll be one girl in my harem
            C#7
When you're mine

              F#7
We'll build a tent
                       B7
Just like the children of the Orient
A
Oh, sweet Dardanella,
E7                 A    E7
My star of love di-vine

Verse 2:

A
When the Turkish Sultan saw her eyes,
                        E7
Oh he was taken by surp-rise,
                            A
He said I'll buy her for my Harem

I just told Sultan to be nice,
                            E7
She can't be bought for any price
                            A
She said to me she couldn't bear him

F     C7                 F
So be-neath the Oriental moon
E       B7                  E    E7
I'll be wooing my love real soon

Chorus Repeat:
A


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