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Mecca Tab

by Gene Pitney


                                "Mecca"
                            (Nader - Gluck)

Intro:

	[snake charmer flute and belly dancer cymbals]

	(Mecca)

	       
	/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	
	I live on the west side
	                                                   
	She lives on the east side of the street  (Mecca, Mecca)
	     
	And though they say that east is east
	                                                      
	And west is west, and never the twain shall meet  (Mecca, Mecca)

Chorus:

	                       
	Each morning I face her window
	                         
	And pray that our love can be
	                                    
	'Cause that brownstone house where my baby lives
	                                                      [1,2: ]
	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]:

	
	(Mecca, Mecca, Mecca)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers