Chords for Christmas In Capetown- Randy Newman (Vinyl Restoration)
Tempo:
111.15 bpm
Chords used:
F
Am
G
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [F] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[Am] [Em] [F]
[C] [F]
[G]
[Am] [F] [A]
[Am] [F] [A]
[Am] [F] Every night, [A] jungle time, [Am] [C] all the [G] boogers in the street.
[Am] [F] [A] Radio's turned up very loud, [F] playing Dancing Queen.
They love our [C] music.
[Am] [C]
[Am] [F] Singlish girl, [A] [Em] from the north somewhere,
[Am] [C] staying with [G] me at my place.
[Am] [F] Drinking up all my [G] beer, talk [Em] about the poor niggas
[F] all the time, [C] feel [F] disgraced.
[A] I [F] tell her, darling, don't [G] talk about things
you [E] don't understand.
[Am] I tell her, darling, [F] don't talk about [G] something
you don't know [Em] anything about.
[Am] I tell her, [F] darling, if you don't like [G] it,
go back to your [Eb] old miserable country.
[Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
[F] All the [C] boys on the [D] beach still glow.
[C] [A] The summer wind still [D] keeps the clouds [A] around.
[G]
[A] [G]
[F] [C] [Bm]
[D] [E]
[F] You know my little brother, babe, [Am] works at a diamond mine.
[F] I drove him out there alive this morning.
[Am] Niggas was waiting, big lines.
[F] You know those big old lunch pairs,
they carry [Am] men with the picture of Star Wars
painted on the side.
[F] And they was staring at us real hard with those big,
ugly, yellow [Am] eyes.
You could feel [F] it.
[G] [Em] This [Am] time you could feel [F] it.
[G]
[Am] And it's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
[F] [C] The stars open all the time.
[Am] The [E] little kids on [D] skateboards cutting [A] in and out of the crowd.
[F] The Christmas lights still shine.
[G]
[Am] [F] [A] [E]
[Am] [F] Myself, I don't [G] like to drink the way I [Em] used to, man.
You know, [Am] it don't seem to get me [G] high.
[D]
[Am] The [F] beer don't taste the [G] way it ought to taste [Em] somehow.
I [F] don't know why.
[A] They don't [F] talk to me about [G] the planes, [Em] man.
I heard [A] it.
[F] Take a look [G] around.
[Em]
[A] What [F] we gonna do?
Blow [G] up the whole [Em] damn country.
[F] I don't know.
[A]
[Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town.
[A] [E]
Man, [F] it's Christmas in [Ab] Cape Town.
[D] [Ab]
[Am] It's Christmas [Ab] in Cape Town.
[G] [C] [A] [A]
[F]
[C] [B] [D]
[E] [Am]
[Em] [C] [F]
[C] [Am] [Em] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[Am] [Em] [F]
[C] [F]
[G]
[Am] [F] [A]
[Am] [F] [A]
[Am] [F] Every night, [A] jungle time, [Am] [C] all the [G] boogers in the street.
[Am] [F] [A] Radio's turned up very loud, [F] playing Dancing Queen.
They love our [C] music.
[Am] [C]
[Am] [F] Singlish girl, [A] [Em] from the north somewhere,
[Am] [C] staying with [G] me at my place.
[Am] [F] Drinking up all my [G] beer, talk [Em] about the poor niggas
[F] all the time, [C] feel [F] disgraced.
[A] I [F] tell her, darling, don't [G] talk about things
you [E] don't understand.
[Am] I tell her, darling, [F] don't talk about [G] something
you don't know [Em] anything about.
[Am] I tell her, [F] darling, if you don't like [G] it,
go back to your [Eb] old miserable country.
[Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
[F] All the [C] boys on the [D] beach still glow.
[C] [A] The summer wind still [D] keeps the clouds [A] around.
[G]
[A] [G]
[F] [C] [Bm]
[D] [E]
[F] You know my little brother, babe, [Am] works at a diamond mine.
[F] I drove him out there alive this morning.
[Am] Niggas was waiting, big lines.
[F] You know those big old lunch pairs,
they carry [Am] men with the picture of Star Wars
painted on the side.
[F] And they was staring at us real hard with those big,
ugly, yellow [Am] eyes.
You could feel [F] it.
[G] [Em] This [Am] time you could feel [F] it.
[G]
[Am] And it's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
[F] [C] The stars open all the time.
[Am] The [E] little kids on [D] skateboards cutting [A] in and out of the crowd.
[F] The Christmas lights still shine.
[G]
[Am] [F] [A] [E]
[Am] [F] Myself, I don't [G] like to drink the way I [Em] used to, man.
You know, [Am] it don't seem to get me [G] high.
[D]
[Am] The [F] beer don't taste the [G] way it ought to taste [Em] somehow.
I [F] don't know why.
[A] They don't [F] talk to me about [G] the planes, [Em] man.
I heard [A] it.
[F] Take a look [G] around.
[Em]
[A] What [F] we gonna do?
Blow [G] up the whole [Em] damn country.
[F] I don't know.
[A]
[Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town.
[A] [E]
Man, [F] it's Christmas in [Ab] Cape Town.
[D] [Ab]
[Am] It's Christmas [Ab] in Cape Town.
[G] [C] [A] [A]
[F]
[C] [B] [D]
[E] [Am]
[Em] [C] [F]
[C] [Am] [Em] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
Key:
F
Am
G
C
A
F
Am
G
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [F] Every night, [A] _ jungle time, [Am] _ [C] all the [G] boogers in the street.
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ [A] Radio's turned up very loud, [F] playing Dancing Queen.
They love our [C] music. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [F] Singlish girl, [A] _ [Em] from the north somewhere,
[Am] _ _ [C] staying with [G] me at my place.
_ [Am] _ [F] Drinking up all my [G] beer, talk [Em] about the poor niggas
[F] all the time, [C] feel [F] disgraced. _
_ [A] I [F] tell her, darling, don't [G] talk about things
you [E] don't understand.
[Am] I tell her, darling, [F] don't talk about [G] something
you don't know [Em] anything about.
[Am] I tell her, [F] darling, if you don't like [G] it,
go back to your [Eb] old miserable country.
_ _ [Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
_ [F] All the [C] boys on the [D] beach still glow.
[C] _ _ [A] The summer wind still [D] keeps the clouds [A] around.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F] _ _ You know my little brother, babe, _ [Am] _ _ works at a diamond mine.
[F] _ I drove him out there alive this morning.
[Am] _ _ Niggas was waiting, big lines.
_ [F] _ You know those big old lunch pairs,
they carry [Am] men with the _ picture of Star Wars
painted on the side.
[F] And they was staring at us real hard with those big,
ugly, yellow [Am] eyes.
You could feel [F] it.
_ [G] _ [Em] This [Am] time you could feel [F] it.
_ [G] _ _ _
[Am] And it's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
_ [F] _ [C] The stars open all the time. _
_ [Am] The [E] little kids on [D] skateboards cutting [A] in and out of the crowd.
[F] The Christmas lights still shine.
[G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] Myself, I don't [G] like to drink the way I [Em] used to, man.
You know, [Am] it don't seem to get me [G] high.
_ [D] _
_ [Am] The [F] beer don't taste the [G] way it ought to taste [Em] somehow.
I _ [F] don't know why. _ _ _
_ [A] They don't [F] talk to me about [G] the planes, [Em] man.
I heard [A] it.
[F] Take a look [G] around.
_ [Em] _
_ [A] What [F] we gonna do?
Blow [G] up the whole [Em] damn country.
[F] I don't know.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town.
[A] _ _ [E]
Man, [F] it's Christmas in [Ab] Cape Town.
[D] _ _ [Ab] _
[Am] It's Christmas [Ab] in Cape Town.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [F] Every night, [A] _ jungle time, [Am] _ [C] all the [G] boogers in the street.
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ [A] Radio's turned up very loud, [F] playing Dancing Queen.
They love our [C] music. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [F] Singlish girl, [A] _ [Em] from the north somewhere,
[Am] _ _ [C] staying with [G] me at my place.
_ [Am] _ [F] Drinking up all my [G] beer, talk [Em] about the poor niggas
[F] all the time, [C] feel [F] disgraced. _
_ [A] I [F] tell her, darling, don't [G] talk about things
you [E] don't understand.
[Am] I tell her, darling, [F] don't talk about [G] something
you don't know [Em] anything about.
[Am] I tell her, [F] darling, if you don't like [G] it,
go back to your [Eb] old miserable country.
_ _ [Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
_ [F] All the [C] boys on the [D] beach still glow.
[C] _ _ [A] The summer wind still [D] keeps the clouds [A] around.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F] _ _ You know my little brother, babe, _ [Am] _ _ works at a diamond mine.
[F] _ I drove him out there alive this morning.
[Am] _ _ Niggas was waiting, big lines.
_ [F] _ You know those big old lunch pairs,
they carry [Am] men with the _ picture of Star Wars
painted on the side.
[F] And they was staring at us real hard with those big,
ugly, yellow [Am] eyes.
You could feel [F] it.
_ [G] _ [Em] This [Am] time you could feel [F] it.
_ [G] _ _ _
[Am] And it's Christmas [E] in Cape Town, [Am] and the days are [E] the same.
_ [F] _ [C] The stars open all the time. _
_ [Am] The [E] little kids on [D] skateboards cutting [A] in and out of the crowd.
[F] The Christmas lights still shine.
[G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] Myself, I don't [G] like to drink the way I [Em] used to, man.
You know, [Am] it don't seem to get me [G] high.
_ [D] _
_ [Am] The [F] beer don't taste the [G] way it ought to taste [Em] somehow.
I _ [F] don't know why. _ _ _
_ [A] They don't [F] talk to me about [G] the planes, [Em] man.
I heard [A] it.
[F] Take a look [G] around.
_ [Em] _
_ [A] What [F] we gonna do?
Blow [G] up the whole [Em] damn country.
[F] I don't know.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] It's Christmas [E] in Cape Town.
[A] _ _ [E]
Man, [F] it's Christmas in [Ab] Cape Town.
[D] _ _ [Ab] _
[Am] It's Christmas [Ab] in Cape Town.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _