G     Bm       Em   Em7/D     C
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Verse 1]
        G                              G7/F
Did you ever get the feeling, that the truth is less revealing...
          C/E             Cm/Eb  Cm/D  Cm  Cm7/Bb
...Than a downright lie?  |  /    /    /    /  |
    G
And did you think your head was hip...
      G7/F                                C/E        Cm/Eb           D
...To certain things it's not equipped to qualify? |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
                                                      ^  ^     ^     ^
[Verse 2]
G                Em               Bm              C
All day long the sky is blue, and everyone says, "How d' ya do?" 
D                G    Em Em7/D     C   Bm  C   D
    In Shangri - la             |  /   /   /   /  |

[Verse 3]
G            Em
Everyday's a perfect day,
    Bm              C                D             G     C  G
And you can go your own sweet way in  ...Shangri - la,
(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                     C7
 In  Shan - gri - la,   ...in Shangri - la,
G                Bm/F#    Em     Em7/D     C
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la

[Verse 4]
     G
In - vestment, with a good return,
      G7/F                                      C/E
Pro - vides the means through which we earn our daily bread,
 Cm/Eb  Cm/D  Cm  Cm7/Bb         G
|  /     /     /     /  |   In - sisting on an equal cut, 
     G7/F                      C/E           Cm/Eb            D
Some people even bust a gut to stay ahead!  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
                                               ^  ^     ^     ^
[Verse 5]
G                Em               Bm           C
All day long the sky is blue, and no one has a lot to do,
D                G     C  G
    In Shangri - la,
(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                                   C7
 In  Shan - gri - la, (In Shangri - la!) in Shangri - la  (In Shangri-la!)
G                Bm/F#    Em     Em7/D     C
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la----- ah, ah-ah,ah!

[Bridge]
                           Roll  up!  Roll...
   G       G/D         Bm       Bm/F#
E|/--/--/| /--/--/  | /--/--/   /--/--/ |

...up!            This  way!
   G        G/D         Bm       Bm/F#
E|/--/--/| /--/--/  |  /--/--/   /--/--/ |

   Bb       Bb/F       Eb       D          G        Em         Am D
E|/--/--/| /--/--/ |  /--/--/  /--/--/ |  /--/--/  /--/--/ |  /  /  |

   G   Em   Am  D     Eb             F
|  /   /    /   /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Verse 6]
       G                             G7/F
It's a strange world we live in, but surely we're forgiven,
      C/E                         Cm/Eb (Cm/D) (Cm) (Cm7/Bb)
If we don't know where to turn,  |  /     /     /     /  |
     G                        G7/F
With paradise for hire on the back streets of desire,
       C/E              Cm/Eb            D
We all live and learn! |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
                          ^  ^     ^     ^
[Verse 7]
G                Em               Bm            C
All day long the sky is blue, and everyone's in love with you,
D                G    Em Em7/D     C   Bm  C   D
    In Shangri - la             |  /   /   /   /  |

[Verse 8]
G                 Em
Lovers dance, and children sing,
    Bm        C                    D             G      C  G
And everybody does their thing in   ...Shangri - la,
(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                                   C7
 In  Shan - gri - la, (In Shangri - la!) in Shangri - la  (In Shangri-la!)
G                Bm/F#    Em     Em7/D     C    Bm   Am   G
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la---hah, hah, hah!

[Verse 9]
(G) (G/F#) (G/E)  D                                   C7
 In  Shan - gri - la, (In Shangri - la!) in Shangri - la  (In Shangri-la!)
G                Bm/F#    Em     Em7/D     C
You can be who - ever you are in Shangri - la----- ah, ah-ah,ah!

[Break]
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                                                All together now...
  C               Bb              F               C
| /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / |
  ^    ^   ^      ^    ^   ^      ^    ^   ^      ^    ^   ^

...One, two, three!

[Coda -Repeat]
     C                  Bb             F                        C
||: Lah, dee -doo, dah! Lah, dee -dah! Here we are in Shangri - la!:||