Am                    (E7)
  Istanbul was Constantinople
  Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
          E7
  Been a long time gone, Constantinople
            Am                   E7
  Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
   
  Every gal in Constantinople
  Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
  So if you've a date in Constantinople
  She'll be waiting in Istanbul
  
       Am  E7   Am
  Even old New York
  Was once New Amsterdam
   F°
  Why they changed it I can't say
   E7
  People just liked it better that way
    
  So take me back to Constantinople
  No, you can't go back to Constantinople
  Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
  Why did Constantinople get the works
  That's nobody's business but the Turks'
    
  Do do do, do-do-do dododododo
     Oh, oh-oh-oh...
  Do do do, do-do-do dododododo
  Do do do, do-do-do dododododo
  Do - Istanbul
   
   Em/maj7 
  Itstanbul!