Chords:
{t:Istanbul, Not Constantinople}
{artist:They Might Be Giants}
{key: Am}
{define: Bm7-5 frets 7 6 7 0 fingers 2 1 3 0}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg But in Fm
{c: Thanks to Martyn "Eek" Cooper}
[Am] Istanbul was Constantinople,
now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
[E7] Been a long time gone, old Constantinople
Now, it's [Am] Turkish delight on a [Dm] moonlit [Am] night.
[Am] Every gal in Constantinople
lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople.
[E7] So, if you've a date in Constantinople,
she'll be [Am] waiting in [E7] Istan-[Am]-bul.
[Am] Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.
[Bm7-5] Why they changed it I can't say,
[E7] people just liked it better that way
[Am] So, take me back to Constantinople.
No, you [Am] can't go back to Constantinople.
[E7] Now, it's [E7] Istanbul, not Constantinople.
[Am] Why did Constantinople get the works?
[E7]/ That's nobody's business but the [Am] Turks!
[Am] Waooooooh
[Am] Waaaaaooooooh
[E7] Waaaaaooooooh
[Am] Waaaaaaoooh
Istanbul Istanbul
[Am] Waooooooh
[Am] Waaaaaooooooh
[E7] Waaaaaooooooh
[Am] Waaaaaaoooh
[Am] Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.
[Bm7-5] Why they changed it I can't say,
[E7] people just liked it better that way
[Am] Istanbul was Constantinople,
now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
[E7] Been a long time gone, old Constantinople
Now, it's [Am] Turkish delight on a [Dm] moonlit [Am] night.
[Am] So, take me back to Constantinople.
No, you [Am] can't go back to Constantinople.
[E7] Now, it's [E7] Istanbul, not Constantinople.
[Am] Why did Constantinople get the works?
[E7]/ That's nobody's business but the [Am] Turks!
Istan-[Am]bul!
