Christmas in Cape Town Randy Newman
CHRISTMAS INTRO
[Am] [Em7] [F] [C/G] [F] [G] [C] [C7/E] [Am] [Em] [F] [C] [F/A] [C/E] [G]
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RIFF
[C] [G/B] [A] [C] [G] [F]
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C7/E 0-3-2-3-1-x
F/A x-0-3-2-1-x
C/E 0-3-2-0-1-x
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
Eb-5 x-6-7-8-8-x
AmM7 x-0-2-1-1-0
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
Am/F x-x-3-2-1-0
AmM7/F x-x-3-1-1-0
Am7/F x-x-3-0-1-0
Am/D x-x-0-2-1-0
AmM7/D x-x-0-1-1-0
Am7/D x-x-0-0-1-0
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Fadd#11 1-3-3-2-0-x
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CHRISTMAS INTRO
| Am Em7 F C/G |
| F G C C7/E |
| Am Em F C |
| F/A C/E G |
INTRO
| Am F | G Em |
| Am F | G Em |
VERSE
[Am] Every [F]night
[G] In Jungle[Em]town
[Am] All the [C]boogies in the [G]street[D5] [E]
[Am] Rad[F]ios
[G] Turned up [Em]very loud
Playin' [F]Dancing Queen
They [Eb]love [Bb]our [F]mu[C]sic
INTERLUDE
[Am] La, la, [F]la, la, la la, la, [G]la, la, la
[D5]La, la, [E]la, la
[Am] La, la, [F]la, la, la la, la, [G]la, la, la
[D5]La, la, [E]la, la
VERSE
[Am] This English [F]girl[G] from the North [Em]somewhere
[Am] Is stayin' [C]with me at my [G]place[D5] [E]
[Am] Drinkin' up [F]all my beer
[G]Talkin' about the poor [Em]niggers all the time
[F] It's a real disgrace, she says
BRIDGE
[Am] I tell her, [F]Darling, don't talk about [G]things
You don't under[Em]stand
[Am] I tell her, [F]Darling, don't talk about something
[G]You don't know anything a[Em]bout
[Am] I tell her, [F]Darling, if you don't like it here
Go [G]back to your own [Eb-5]miserable country
CHORUS
It's [Am]Christmas in [AmM7]Cape Town but it [Am7]ain't the sa[AmM7]me
[Am/F] Oh, the boys on the [AmM7/F]beach are still [Am7/F]blowin'[AmM7/F]
[Am/D] And the summer [AmM7/D]wind still kicks the [Am7/D]clouds a[AmM7/D]round
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
With a[Am] picture of Star Wars painted on the side
They were[Fadd#11] 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
It's [Am]Christmas in [AmM7]Cape Town but it [Am7]ain't the sa[AmM7]me
[Am/F] The stores are [AmM7/F]open all the [Am7/F]time[AmM7/F]
[Am/D] And little [AmM7/D]kids on skateboards [Am7/D]cut in and out of the [AmM7/D]crowd
INTERLUDE
| Am F | G Em |
And the Christmas lights still shine
| Am F | G Em |
VERSE
[Am] Myself, I don't [F]like to drink the [G]way
I used to, [Em]man, you know
[Am] It don't seem to [C]get me high[G] [D5] [E]
[Am] And the beer don't [F]taste the way it
Ought to [G]taste somehow[Em]
And I [F]don't know why
BRIDGE
[Am] Don't talk to [F]me about the [G]planes
Man, I've [Em]heard it
[Am] Just take a [F]look around[G] [D5] [E]
[Am] What are we gonna [F]do
Blow up the [G]whole damn [Em]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 |
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