Chords for A Countdown of Roy Wood's 20 Biggest Hits
Tempo:
99.6 bpm
Chords used:
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C
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[C] This is the [G] story of my
[Dm] race, and that [C] it follows.
[Bb] [G] Find a good time [Cm] girl in Chinatown,
[C] Chinatown.
my [Bb] shoes.
walking [A] Chinatown.
[Dbm] may [Bm] I see you [D] again.
For [G] I've loved you and [E] I hope to [D] be forgiven.
[Dm] race, and that [C] it follows.
[Bb] [G] Find a good time [Cm] girl in Chinatown,
[C] Chinatown.
my [Bb] shoes.
walking [A] Chinatown.
[Dbm] may [Bm] I see you [D] again.
For [G] I've loved you and [E] I hope to [D] be forgiven.
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_ _ _ _ [C] This is the [G] story of my _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ race, and that [C] it follows.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] Find a good time [Cm] girl in Chinatown, _ _
[C] _ _ _ Chinatown.
[F] Dancing in my [Bb] shoes.
See [G] these the ladies walking [A] Chinatown.
Dear [D] new man, [Dbm] _ may [Bm] I see you [D] again.
For [G] I've loved you and [E] I hope to [D] be forgiven.
_ [A] It's a hefty search and go.
_ Best dancer and man ever.
[Gbm] Have more respect [D] to me.
So [Dbm] I'm glad to be just [A] going down the road.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ Hey, are [Eb] you shaking?
Are _ _ [Ab] you shaking? _
[Bb] Do _ [Eb] you feel okay?
_ [D]
Here she was, [F] la la la.
_ [Em] _ The [D] sun lays Chinatown's way [C] on.
[Bbm] Love it breaks you, cut [D] it.
Can't you [G] see what she has [F] gone and done?
[Dbm]
Get up, wave it to [Ab] the road.
_ _ [E] _
I'll be over tonight.
[Abm] And then [B] say goodbye. _
[E] I'll be over tonight.
[B] Just need to put you right.
_ [A] _ [D] Are [G] you ready to ride?
Are you [B] ready to roll?
_ Have the red light in the parade.
I'm [A] taking you home.
_ Are you ready to ride?
_ Are you ready to roll?
[C] And I want [Am] to push your [C] feet.
If [Am] you put the hurt on. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] So I never thought she'd make [Ab] it.
But she blew up exactly like a [Eb] firecracker.
[Gb] _ _
But [Eb] she could really do the brothers all.
[B] It's right on to the party [E] breaking.
I'm a California [Gb] man.
[Db]
What's wrong with my mama's over there?
[Ab] _ She's a human being.
_ [Db] Don't care if the next [Ab] car can hit [Gb]
on me then.
[D] _ Oh, there's gonna be some rock and roll [G] this [Em] winter.
_ _ It's a weather where I [A] can't hurt [D] a little baby.
_ _ I hear you.
Oh, I _
[Am] can't fly sky to you.
_ [Dm] I hear [D] you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You need [Dbm] the ball.
Ball.
Ball.
[E] Some _ [D] _ color circles make their way [G] around.
I can't hear [Gbm] the grass grow.
[E] I can't [G] hear the grass grow.
[A] I see rainbows in the [D] air.
_ [Em]
We're singing Cookie Christmas [A] every day.
_ [B] When the kids start [Abm] singing and there [E] begins to play.
_ _ It's [A] made to play.
[G] You're ready to get the fire brigade.
Get the fire brigade.
See the [D] building starts to [G] really move.
Get the fire brigade.
Get the fire brigade.
If you're [D] drunk, you've got to wait your [Eb] turn. _
Your mother [Cm] cannot come to you [Eb] tonight.
_ [Ab] Your rain clouds [Fm] are perhaps it's [Eb] never there.
[Ab] Silent [Fm] night is the night [Cm] of fear.
[A] Time is gonna push you far.
You can't stand it anymore.
The sun already goes up in [D] my eye tonight.
_ _ [A] I'm just sitting watching the flowers in the rain.
Feel the power of the [B] rain.
Thank you, God, is [G] a.
Angel.
_ _ _ _ [C] Angel _ fever. [Ab] I [Gb] _ see. _
Oh, please.
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] Look, I'm [Bm] back.
_ _ [C] I [G] can see [Am] you.
I [D] can't see you.
[G]
Good bye.
[Bm] Blackberry.
_ [A] _ [D] Go.
You [Em] better.
_ [A] And my. _
_ _ [B] _ See [E] my. Lady. _
_ See [A] my. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [C] This is the [G] story of my _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ race, and that [C] it follows.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] Find a good time [Cm] girl in Chinatown, _ _
[C] _ _ _ Chinatown.
[F] Dancing in my [Bb] shoes.
See [G] these the ladies walking [A] Chinatown.
Dear [D] new man, [Dbm] _ may [Bm] I see you [D] again.
For [G] I've loved you and [E] I hope to [D] be forgiven.
_ [A] It's a hefty search and go.
_ Best dancer and man ever.
[Gbm] Have more respect [D] to me.
So [Dbm] I'm glad to be just [A] going down the road.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ Hey, are [Eb] you shaking?
Are _ _ [Ab] you shaking? _
[Bb] Do _ [Eb] you feel okay?
_ [D]
Here she was, [F] la la la.
_ [Em] _ The [D] sun lays Chinatown's way [C] on.
[Bbm] Love it breaks you, cut [D] it.
Can't you [G] see what she has [F] gone and done?
[Dbm]
Get up, wave it to [Ab] the road.
_ _ [E] _
I'll be over tonight.
[Abm] And then [B] say goodbye. _
[E] I'll be over tonight.
[B] Just need to put you right.
_ [A] _ [D] Are [G] you ready to ride?
Are you [B] ready to roll?
_ Have the red light in the parade.
I'm [A] taking you home.
_ Are you ready to ride?
_ Are you ready to roll?
[C] And I want [Am] to push your [C] feet.
If [Am] you put the hurt on. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] So I never thought she'd make [Ab] it.
But she blew up exactly like a [Eb] firecracker.
[Gb] _ _
But [Eb] she could really do the brothers all.
[B] It's right on to the party [E] breaking.
I'm a California [Gb] man.
[Db]
What's wrong with my mama's over there?
[Ab] _ She's a human being.
_ [Db] Don't care if the next [Ab] car can hit [Gb]
on me then.
[D] _ Oh, there's gonna be some rock and roll [G] this [Em] winter.
_ _ It's a weather where I [A] can't hurt [D] a little baby.
_ _ I hear you.
Oh, I _
[Am] can't fly sky to you.
_ [Dm] I hear [D] you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You need [Dbm] the ball.
Ball.
Ball.
[E] Some _ [D] _ color circles make their way [G] around.
I can't hear [Gbm] the grass grow.
[E] I can't [G] hear the grass grow.
[A] I see rainbows in the [D] air.
_ [Em]
We're singing Cookie Christmas [A] every day.
_ [B] When the kids start [Abm] singing and there [E] begins to play.
_ _ It's [A] made to play.
[G] You're ready to get the fire brigade.
Get the fire brigade.
See the [D] building starts to [G] really move.
Get the fire brigade.
Get the fire brigade.
If you're [D] drunk, you've got to wait your [Eb] turn. _
Your mother [Cm] cannot come to you [Eb] tonight.
_ [Ab] Your rain clouds [Fm] are perhaps it's [Eb] never there.
[Ab] Silent [Fm] night is the night [Cm] of fear.
[A] Time is gonna push you far.
You can't stand it anymore.
The sun already goes up in [D] my eye tonight.
_ _ [A] I'm just sitting watching the flowers in the rain.
Feel the power of the [B] rain.
Thank you, God, is [G] a.
Angel.
_ _ _ _ [C] Angel _ fever. [Ab] I [Gb] _ see. _
Oh, please.
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] Look, I'm [Bm] back.
_ _ [C] I [G] can see [Am] you.
I [D] can't see you.
[G]
Good bye.
[Bm] Blackberry.
_ [A] _ [D] Go.
You [Em] better.
_ [A] And my. _
_ _ [B] _ See [E] my. Lady. _
_ See [A] my. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [N] _