G                           D
There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
C                    G
Swaying me in both directions
                          D
One is the right one, the other for fools
C                  G
How do I make my selection?

[Verse]
                            D
The city lies silent in the warm morning light
    C                    G
The sand is as golden as saffron
                     D
Oasis of love, sweet water of life
C                           G          D                G    G/F#  Em  D
God bless the poor ones who have none, though they have tried

[Verse]
G                        D
Someone is drowning down there in the flood
         C                   G
But this river will dry by tomorrow
                            D
Is it ocean or stream, this love in my blood?
C                    G
Bringer of joy or of sorrow?

[Verse]
                            D
The end of the journey must soon be in sight
C                         G
Birth is the start of the swansong
                    D
Oasis of love, some water of life
C                           G          D         G   G/F#  Em  D  G  G/F#  Em  D
God bless the poor ones who want some, but are denied

[Verse]
G                   D
No one is given the map to their dreams
C                   G
All we can do is to trace it
                    D
See where we go to, know where we've been
C                       G
Build up the courage to face it

[Verse]
                                       D
While we fumble in the darkness, where once there was light
C                       G
Roaming the land of the ancients
                     D
Oasis of love, sweet water of life
C                             G       D      G
God bless the poor ones whose patience never died

[Verse]
                                     D
While we stumble in blindness, where once there was sight
C                          G
Searching for trees in the forest
                     D
Oasis of love, sweet water of life
C                           G         D                G
God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried
C                           G         D          G
God bless the poor ones who want some, but are denied
C                             G       D      G
God bless the poor ones whose patience never died
C                          G        D          G   G/F#  Em  D  G
God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride