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1st Verse:
Em Bangkok, Oriental setting And the D/Ecity don't Emknow that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
D/EShow with eEmverything but Yul Brynner Am7 EmTime flies -- doesn't seem a minute Since the TD/Eirolean spa hEmad the chess boys in it
All change -- don't you know that when you
D/EPlay at this lEmevel there's no ordinary venue Am7 It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or -- or this A7b9place!
1st Chorus:
Em One night in DBangkok and theG world'sD/F# your Emoyster The bars are Amtemples but the Dpearls ain't freeAm7 Em You'll find a Dgod in everyG golD/F#-den Emcloister And if you're Amlucky then the Dgod's a Am7she Em I can feel an Amangel sliding Dup to Emme
2nd Verse:
Em 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
Am7Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking Emtown -- 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
Am7 I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine A7b9
2nd Chorus:
EmOne night in DBangkok makes aG hardD/F# man Emhumble Not much betAmween despair and Decstasy Am7 EmOne night in DBangkok and theG toughD/F# guys Emtumble Can't be too Amcareful with your Dcompany Am7 Em I can feel the Amdevil walking Dnext to Emme
Solo: A7 for 8 bars 3rd Verse: Em | Siam's gonna be the witness | (Em) only played on 2nd rotation | To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness| ||:(Em) D/E Em |D/E Em | | | D/E Em |D/E Em | This grips me more than would a | | Am7 | :|| Am7 A7b9| Muddy old river or reclining Buddha | Synths plays this for the 3rd verse
Am7 And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it -- Em 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 Am7 So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage parlourA7b9s
3rd Chorus:
Em One night in DBangkok and theG world'sD/F# your Emoyster The bars are Amtemples but the Dpearls ain't free Am7 EmYou'll find a Dgod in everyG golD/F#-den Emcloister A little Amflesh, a little Dhisto-Am7ry Em I can feel an Amangel sliding Dup to me
Em One night in DBangkok makes aG hardD/F# man Emhumble Not much betAmween despair and DecstaAm7sy Em EmOne night in DBangkok and theG toughD/F# guys Emtumble Can't be too Amcareful with your DcompaAm7ny Em I can feel the Amdevil walking Dnext to Emme Em
A7b9 is from down to up: A(bass),G(7th),Bb(b9),C# and E, if anyone is wondering.