The Chieftains

Coast Of Malabar

The Chieftains


Tom: C

C         F          C
Far away across the ocean
      Am       F     Dm
Underneath an Indian star
F         Dm       G7      C
Dwells a dark eyed lonely maiden
C       G7      F   C
On the coast of Malabar

C               F       C
In the harbor, where we anchored
       Am     F        Dm
I can see her shy and sweet
F      Dm       G7       C
With a bunch of wine-red roses
C       G7         F       C
And the wild waves at her feet

[Chorus]
G7           C               F         C
Oh fare thee well, my little dark eyed queen
C         Am        F      Dm
Fare thee well, my Indian star
F     Dm           G7    C
In my heart you'll live forever
C      G7        F   C
On the coast of Malabar

[Verse 2]
 C              F         C
"Come to me", I hear her calling
C           Am    F         Dm
Across the ocean, wild and far
F        Dm     G7       C
"Come to me a---gain and love me
C       G7       F    C
On the coast of Malabar"

C                F        C  
All my thoughts keep ever turning
C        Am      F       Dm
To that far-off distant shore
F        Dm       G7        C
And the dark eyed girl who loved me
C       G7      F     C
I will see her never more

[Chorus]
G7           C               F         C
Oh fare thee well, my little dark eyed queen
C         Am        F      Dm
Fare thee well, my Indian star
F     Dm           G7    C
In my heart you'll live forever
C      G7        F   C
On the coast of Malabar