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Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok chords
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1st Verse: Dm Bangkok, Oriental setting C/D Dm And the city don't know that the city is getting The creme de la creme of the chess world in a C/D Dm Gm7 Show with everything but Yul Brynner Dm Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute C/D Dm Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it All change -- don't you know that when you C/D Dm Play at this level there's no ordinary venue Gm7 It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or -- A7b9 or this place! 1st Chorus: Dm Bb F C/E Dm One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster Gm C Gm7 The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free Dm Bb F C/E Dm You'll find a god in every gol-den cloister Gm C Gm7 And if you're lucky then the god's a she Dm Gm C Dm I can feel an angel sliding up to me 2nd Verse: Dm One town's very like another When your head's down over your pieces, brother It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity To be looking at the board, not looking at the city Gm7 Dm Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town -- Tea, girls, warm, sweet Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist Whose every move's among the purest Gm7 A7b9 I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine 2nd Chorus: [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/murray-head/324718.html ] Dm Bb F C/E Dm One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble Gm C Gm7 Not much between despair and ecstasy Dm Bb F C/E Dm One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Gm C Gm7 Dm Can't be too careful with your company Gm C Dm I can feel the devil walking next to me Solo: A7 for 8 bars 3rd Verse: Dm | Siam's gonna be the witness | (Dm) only played on 2nd rotation | To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness| ||:(Dm) C/D Dm |C/D Dm | | | C/D Dm |C/D Dm | This grips me more than would a | | Gm7 | :|| Gm7 A7b9| Muddy old river or reclining Buddha | Synths plays this for the 3rd verse Gm7 And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it -- Dm I don't see you guys rating The kind of mate I'm contemplating I'd let you watch, I would invite you Gm7 But the queens we use would not excite you So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage A7b9 parlours 3rd Chorus: Dm Bb F C/E Dm One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster Gm C Gm7 The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free Dm Bb F C/E Dm You'll find a god in every gol-den cloister Gm C Gm7 Dm A little flesh, a little histo-ry Gm C I can feel an angel sliding up to me Dm Bb F C/E Dm One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble Gm C Gm7 Dm Not much between despair and ecstasy Dm Bb F C/E Dm One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Gm C Gm7 Dm Can't be too careful with your company Gm C Dm Dm I can feel the devil walking next to me A7b9 is from down to up: A(bass),G(7th),Bb(b9),C# and E, if anyone is wondering.  |