Randy Newman – Christmas In Cape Town (Ukulele)

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

e|3---2---0-------|----------------|3-------0-------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------0-------|------------0---|1---0-----------|
G|----------------|0---2-----------|----------------|--------2-------|
D|------------0---|------------0---|----0-----------|----------------|
[Christmas Coda]
  Am  Em7 F   C    F   G   C   C7   Am  Em  F   C    F   G   C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|3---2---0-------|----------------|3-------0-------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------0-------|------------0---|1---------------|
G|----------------|0---2-----------|----------------|----2---0-------|
D|------------0---|------------0---|----0-----------|----------------|
[Riff]
       C       G        A                C       G        F
  4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

A-0-2-|3---2-0---0-2---|0-----------0-2-|5-3-2-0-----0-2-|0-----------0-2-|
E-----|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|--3-1-----------|
e-----|----------------|-(1-0-1-0-1)----|----------------|----------------|
e-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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

A|3---2-0---0-2---|----------------|----2-----------|
E|--------3-------|----2-----------|--4-------------|
e|----------------|--2-------------|4---------------|
e|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
           g-C-E-A
Em7        0-2-0-2

Eb-5       2-3-3-0

Am         2-0-0-3

Abaug      1-0-0-3 actually Am(maj7)
Am7        0-0-0-3
F          2-0-1-3

Fm or Ab6  1-0-1-3 actually Am(maj7)/F
Fadd9      0-0-1-3
Am(add11)  2-2-0-3   
E7+5       1-2-0-3 actually A(maj7)sus4          
C(add9)    0-2-0-3 actually Am11

Fadd+11    2-0-1-2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Christmas Intro] | Am Em7 F C | | F G C C7 | | Am Em F C | | F C G | [Intro] | Am F | G Em7 | | Am F | G Em7 | [Verse]
Am     F
 Every night

G         Em7
 In Jungletown

Am       C              G        D E
 All the boogies in the street

Am  F
 Radios 

G          Em7
 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

D      E
La, la, la, la 

Am       F                  G
 La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la

D      E
La, la, la, la 
[Verse]
Am            F   G               Em7
 This English girl from the North somewhere

Am          C             G       D E
 Is stayin' with me at my place

Am           F
 Drinkin' up all my beer

G                      Em7
Talkin' about the poor niggers all the time

Fadd+11  
   It's a real disgrace, she says

2-0-1-2
[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

                    2-3-3-0
[Chorus]
     Am           Abaug            Am7        Abaug
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same

   2-0-0-3       1-0-0-3         0-0-0-3    1-0-0-3

F                    Ab6             Fadd9     Ab6    
 Oh, the boys on the beach are still blowin'

2-0-1-3             1-0-1-3        0-0-1-3    1-0-1-3

Am(add11)       E7+5                 C(add9) E7+5    
 And the summer wind still kicks the clouds around

2-2-0-3         1-2-0-3            0-2-0-3   1-2-0-3
[Riff] | C G | A | C G | F | | C G | 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

2-0-1-2

      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

         2-0-1-2
[Bridge]
         | Am F |  G     Em |
You could feel it   This time ...

         | Am F |  G     Eb-5 |
You could feel it       2-3-3-0
[Chorus]
     Am           Abaug           Am7         Abaug
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same

F               Ab6          Fadd9    Ab6    
 The stores are open all the time

Am(add11)   E7+5                C(add9)               E7+5    
 And little kids on skateboards cut in and out of the crowd
[Interlude]
        | Am             F           | G Em7 | 
And the Christmas lights still shine
| Am F | G Em7 | [Verse]
Am               F                 G
 Myself, I don't like to drink the way

           Em7
I used to, man, you know

Am                C              G   D E
 It don't seem to get me high

Am                  F
 And the beer don't taste the way it

         G               Em7
Ought to taste somehow

      Fadd+11  
And I don't know why
[Bridge]
Am             F            G
 Don't talk to me about the planes

          Em7
Man, I've heard it

Am           F             G    D E
 Just take a look around

Am                 F
 What are we gonna do

            G          Em7
Blow up the whole damn country?

Fadd+11
I don't know

2-0-1-2
[Chorus]
     Am           Abaug    | Am7 Abaug|
It's Christmas in Cape Town

     F            Ab6       | Fadd9 Ab6    |
It's Christmas in Cape Town

     Am(add11)    E7+5      | C(add9) E7+5    |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
[Riff] | C G | A | C G | F | | C G | D | E | [Christmas coda] | Am Em7 F C | | F G C C7 |
| Am Em F C |
  1 2 3
| F G C