Randy Newman – Christmas In Cape Town (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Randy Newman From: "Trouble in Paradise" (1983) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Christmas Intro]
  Am  Em7 F   C/G  F   G   C   C7/E Am  Em  F   C    F/A C/E G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|--------0---3---|8-------5-------|----------------|
B|1---0-----------|1---3-----------|----8-------5---|6---5---3-------|
G|--------2---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Riff]
       C       G/B      A                C       G        F
  4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B-----|----------------|--2-1-2-1-2-----|----------------|----------------|
G-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-----|----------------|----------------|
D-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-----|0---------------|----------------|
A-0-2-|3---2-0---0-2---|0-----------0-2-|--3-2-0-----0-2-|0-----------0-2-|
E-----|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|--3-1-----------|

  C       G/B      D                E
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----1-----------|
D|----------------|--0-4-----------|--2-------------|
A|3---2-0---0-2---|0---------------|2---------------|
E|--------3-------|----------------|----------------|
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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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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     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 |