Bob Schneider – Chinatown (Ukulele)

Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

Figured this out while watching the "Sleepover Shows" video. You're going to have to listen and play around a little bit to find the right strumming pattern, but once you get that, it's pretty simple. All open chords, but I might have mislabeled "B7"
  E7
|-2-|
|-0-|
|-2-|
|-1-|
|-2-|
|---|
Dm F Dm Dm Dm F E7 Dm
          Dm        F               Dm     Dm
There's a cold wind blowin down the ninety nine

        Dm                 F               E7         Dm
And the ghosts of New York City they'll be doin' just fine

          Dm               F             Dm           Dm
When that little Smith & Wesson went and lit   up the night

        Dm              F               E7          Dm
All she show'd when she heard were them cold pearly whites

Dm                    Dm
  None of them kisses dropped down in the hole

          Dm                      Dm
While the midnight sun played the starring role

          Dm               Dm
Was gonna turn around that black Cadillac

F                                            E7
Filled with little white rails those are the cold hard facts

   Dm               F   Dm   Dm          Dm             Dm
So when you're done dancing      and the rain     slows down

      F              F              E7   Dm   F  Dm  Dm  Dm  F  E7  Dm
We'll all meet up at Eddy's o'er in chinatown

        Dm                 F              Dm         Dm
Now you think you know the answer but you got it all wrong

        Dm       F                        E7      Dm
And the days too short and the nights are way too long

    Dm         F                     Dm       Dm
you wake up to find your whole world falling apart

     Dm           F            E7     Dm
In a fifty dollar dress over a broken heart

Dm                             Dm
  Dig in the dirt while you're dancin with the dogs

Dm             Dm
   Roll around lost in the fog

Dm                         Dm
Bangin' on tomorrow like a big black drum

F                       E7
Kick your head back and spit at the sun

   Dm               F   Dm   Dm          Dm             Dm
So when you're done dancing      and the lights     go down

      F              F              E7   Dm   F  Dm  Dm  Dm  F  E7  Dm
We'll all meet up at Eddy's o'er in chinatown

          Dm           F             Dm           Dm
There's a fifty on the table there's trouble down the line

  Dm    F              E7             Dm
200,000 dollars in a bag they'll never find

    Dm                      F     Dm                  Dm
You know you'll never see her     walking through your door

      Dm            F                E7          Dm
& the bars about to close and the sky's about to pour

Dm                            Dm
  You take your last slug and stumble to the street

Dm                          Dm
  Pull your gun out and you whisper trick or treat

    Dm                               Dm
And as you pull the trigger beyond a shadow of a doubt

             F                                 E7
You hear her whispering your name and then the lights go out

   Dm               F   Dm   Dm          Dm             Dm
So when you're done dancing      and the lights     go down

      F              F              E7   Dm
We'll all meet up at Eddy's o'er in chinatown

      F              F              E7   Dm
We'll all meet up at Eddy's o'er in chinatown

      F              F              E7   Dm   F  Dm  Dm  Dm  F  E7  Dm
We'll all meet up at Eddy's o'er in chinatown