Chris de Burgh - Lebanese Night

verse 1
Am
it was late in a lebanese restaurant , in the heat of a lebanese night ,
there was dancing , people were singing , she came in from the garden outside ,
G Am
and in her eyes i saw the stars ,
F Am
and i felt something happen in my heart;

verse 2
Am
then i knew i was going to meet her in the heat of a lebanese night ,
and the girl inside the woman , who came over to sit by my side ,
G Am
and when she smiled , the whole world stopped ,
F G
it was then i heard the echoes of a child;

chorus

G C G Dm
and did you go to your bed with a sweet lullaby ,
C Am G
and the sound of the guns in the night ,
G C G Dm
and did you dance in the fields , did you run for your life ,
C Am G
from the hell that came down from the sky?
Am
on a lebanese night , on a lebanese night;

verse 3
Am
we went down to the edge of the water , by the light of a lebanese dawn ,
and she told me all the stories of her beautiful land in the war ,
G Am
her tears fell down , the sun came up ,
F G
and i saw again the young girl in her eyes;

chorus

G C G Dm
and did you go to your bed with a sweet lullaby ,
C Am G
and the sound of the guns in the night ,
G C G Dm
and did you dance in the fields , did you run for your life ,
C Am G
from the hell that came down from the sky?
Am
on a lebanese night , on a lebanese night;

bridge
Am G
all of my life , all i have known ,
Dm Am
only a place where peace cannot go;
Am G
all over the world , the gift from before ,
Dm Am
nothing is left for the children of war;

chorus