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Mecca

Gene Pitney

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                                "Mecca"
                            (Nader - Gluck)

Intro:

	[snake charmer flute and belly dancer cymbals]

	(Mecca)

	Dm       A7
	/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	Dm
	I live on the west side
	 Bb               C                 F             Gm     A7
	She lives on the east side of the street  (Mecca, Mecca)
	     Dm
	And though they say that east is east
	     Bb                C                     F            F7
	And west is west, and never the twain shall meet  (Mecca, Mecca)

Chorus:

	      Bb                 A7
	Each morning I face her window
	     Bb                    A7
	And pray that our love can be
	             Dm                       Bb
	'Cause that brownstone house where my baby lives
	    Dm                              A7                  Dm  [1,2: A7]
	Is Mecca                        Mecca                to me
	        (Mecca, Mecca, Mecca)  (Mecca, Mecca, Mecca)

Verse 2:

	Though she's my dream goddess
	And her ruby lips are so divine
	And though her folks say we're too young
	To know of love, I worship at her shrine

[repeat chorus]

Instrumental break:

	guitar and flute solos over verse chords

[repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

	Dm
	(Mecca, Mecca, Mecca)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers