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1st Verse:
Dm Bangkok, Oriental setting And the C/Dcity don't Dmknow that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
C/DShow with eDmverything but Yul Brynner Gm7 DmTime flies -- doesn't seem a minute Since the TC/Dirolean spa hDmad the chess boys in it
All change -- don't you know that when you
C/DPlay at this lDmevel there's no ordinary venue Gm7 It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or -- or this A7b9place!
1st Chorus:
Dm One night in BbBangkok and the Fworld's C/Eyour Dmoyster The bars are Gmtemples but the Cpearls ain't freeGm7 Dm You'll find a Bbgod in every Fgol-C/Eden Dmcloister And if you're Gmlucky then the Cgod's a Gm7she Dm I can feel an Gmangel sliding Cup to Dmme
2nd Verse:
Dm One town's very like another When your head's down over your pieces, brother
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity To be looking at the board, not looking at the city
Gm7Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking Dmtown -- Tea, girls, warm, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist Whose every move's among the purest
Gm7 I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine A7b9
2nd Chorus:
DmOne night in BbBangkok makes a Fhard C/Eman Dmhumble Not much betGmween despair and Cecstasy Gm7 DmOne night in BbBangkok and the Ftough C/Eguys Dmtumble Can't be too Gmcareful with your Ccompany Gm7 Dm I can feel the Gmdevil walking Cnext to Dmme
Solo: A7 for 8 bars 3rd Verse: Dm | Siam's gonna be the witness | (Dm) only played on 2nd rotation | To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness| ||:(Dm) C/D Dm |C/D Dm | | | C/D Dm |C/D Dm | This grips me more than would a | | Gm7 | :|| Gm7 A7b9| Muddy old river or reclining Buddha | Synths plays this for the 3rd verse
Gm7 And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it -- Dm I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you Gm7 So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage parlourA7b9s
3rd Chorus:
Dm One night in BbBangkok and the Fworld's C/Eyour Dmoyster The bars are Gmtemples but the Cpearls ain't free Gm7 DmYou'll find a Bbgod in every Fgol-C/Eden Dmcloister A little Gmflesh, a little Chisto-Gm7ry Dm I can feel an Gmangel sliding Cup to me
Dm One night in BbBangkok makes a Fhard C/Eman Dmhumble Not much betGmween despair and CecstaGm7sy Dm DmOne night in BbBangkok and the Ftough C/Eguys Dmtumble Can't be too Gmcareful with your CcompaGm7ny Dm I can feel the Gmdevil walking Cnext to Dmme Dm
A7b9 is from down to up: A(bass),G(7th),Bb(b9),C# and E, if anyone is wondering.