INTRO:     A   D   A  -- 3xs


VERSE:
         A    D           A
        The queen of the Nile
         A   D           A
        She laid on her throne
       E
        And she was drifting downstream
                                           A D A
        On a barge that was burnished with g-o-ld
         A     D          A
        Royal purple the sails
         A   D         A
        So sweetly perfumed
       E
        And poor Mark Antony's

        Senses were drowned
                           A D A
        And his future was doomed

CHORUS:
      E        E7          A  D A
       He was blinded by love

VERSE:

       The Philistines paid

       For Samson's blind rage

       The secrets that two lovers share

       Should never have been betrayed

CHORUS:

       He was blinded by love

       He was blinded by love

BREAK:
    C#m                              A
       Now it's no use in crying or weeping
    C#m            C#                         D
       You better lock up your soul for safe keeping
         E         A  D  A
       Promise me

VERSE:

       The poor Prince of Wales

       He gave up his crown

       All for the trivial pursuit of

       A parvenu second-hand lady

       So lovers beware

       If you lose your heart

       Careful now, don't lose your mind

       Don't mortgage your soul to a stranger

CHORUS:

       Don't be blinded by love

       Don't be blinded by love

INSTRUMENTAL:   play  
A  D  A 
-- like first two lines of VERSE

CHORUS:

       Blinded by love

       Blinded by love

OUTRO:   
A  D  A 
-- until fade out