Gene Pitney - Mecca

      
 
 "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