Tone: [Fm]
[Fm]Istanbul was [Fm]Constantinople, now it's [Fm]Istanbul, not [Fm]Constantinople
Been a [C7]long time gone, old [C7]Constantinople
Now it's [Fm]Turkish d[Dm]elight on a[Dm] moonli[Fm]t night
[Fm]Every gal in [Fm]Constantinople lives in [Fm]Istanbul, not [Fm]Constantinople
So if [C7]you've a date in [C7]Constantinople, she'll be [Fm]waiting in[C7]in Istan[Fm]Istanbul
Even [Fm]old New [Fm]York was [Fm]once New Amster[Fm]Amsterdam
Why they changed it [C7]I can't say, [Fm]people just liked it [C7]better that way
So [Fm]take me back to [Fm]Constantinople, no you [Fm]can't go back to [Fm]Constantinople
Now it's [C7]Istanbul, not [C7]Constantinople, why did [Fm]Constantinople get the [Fm]works?
That's [C7]nobody's business but the [Fm]Turks