Christmas In Cape Town
- Randy Newman
Key: Am Am ·
Orig: Am ·
Capo:
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Time: 4/4 ·
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INTRO
Am F G Em
Am F G Em
VERSE
Am F
Every night
G Em
In Jungletown
Am C G D5 E
All the boogies in the street
Am F
Radios
G Em
Turned up very loud
F
Playin' Dancing Queen
Eb Bb F C
They love our music
INTERLUDE
Am F G
La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la
D5 E
La, la, la, la
Am F G
La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la
D5 E
La, la, la, la
VERSE
Am F G Em
This English girl from the North somewhere
Am C G D5 E
Is stayin' with me at my place
Am F
Drinkin' up all my beer
G Em
Talkin' about the poor niggers all the time
F
It's a real disgrace, she says
BRIDGE
Am F G
I tell her, Darling, don't talk about things
Em
You don't understand
Am F
I tell her, Darling, don't talk about something
G Em
You don't know anything about
Am F
I tell her, Darling, if you don't like it here
G Eb-5
Go back to your own miserable country
CHORUS
Am AmM7 Am7 AmM7
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
Am/F AmM7/F Am7/F AmM7/F
Oh, the boys on the beach are still blowin'
Am/D AmM7/D Am7/D AmM7/D
And the summer wind still kicks the clouds around
RIFF
C G/B A C G F
C G/B D E
MIDDLE 8
F
You know my little brother, babe
Am
Well, he works out at the diamond mine
F
I drove him out there at five this mornin'
Am
The niggers was waitin' in a big long line
Fadd#11
You know those big old lunch pails they carry, man
Am
With a picture of Star Wars painted on the side
Fadd#11
They were starin' at us real hard with their big ugly yellow eyes
BRIDGE
Am F G Em
You could feel it This time ...
Am F G Eb-5
You could feel it
CHORUS
Am AmM7 Am7 AmM7
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
Am/F AmM7/F Am7/F AmM7/F
The stores are open all the time
Am/D AmM7/D Am7/D AmM7/D
And little kids on skateboards cut in and out of the crowd
INTERLUDE
Am F G Em
And the Christmas lights still shine
Am F G Em
VERSE
Am F G
Myself, I don't like to drink the way
Em
I used to, man, you know
Am C G D5 E
It don't seem to get me high
Am F
And the beer don't taste the way it
G Em
Ought to taste somehow
F
And I don't know why
BRIDGE
Am F G
Don't talk to me about the planes
Em
Man, I've heard it
Am F G D5 E
Just take a look around
Am F
What are we gonna do
G Em
Blow up the whole damn country?
Fadd#11
I don�??t know
CHORUS
Am AmM7 | Am7 AmM7 |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
Am/F AmM7/F | Am7/F AmM7/F |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
Am/D AmM7/D | Am7/D AmM7/D |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
RIFF
C G/B A C G F
C G/B D E
CHRISTMAS OUTRO
Am Em7 F C/G
F G C C7/E
Am Em F C
F/A G C











