Chords for Christmas in Capetown
Tempo:
116.8 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
A
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It's a new song, it's about Christmas in South Africa.
It's called Christmas in Cape Town.
[Em] Merry Christmas.
[F] [C] [G]
[E] [C]
[Em] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [G] [Am]
[F] [A] [E] [Am]
[F] [G] [E] [Am]
Every [F] night,
[G] jungle town
[Am] all [C] the
bogeys [G] in the street
[F] radio
[A] turned up very [C] loud
[Cm] playing Dancing Queen
they love our [F] music
this [A]
[F] [G]
[E] [F] English girl
[G] from the north [Em] [Am] somewhere
staying with [G] me at my [D] place
[Am] drinking [F] up all my [G] beer
talking about the poor niggas
all [C] the time real disgracious
[G] [A] I tell her [F] darling don't talk [G] about
things you don't understand
[Am] I tell her darling [F] don't talk about
[G] something you don't know [E] anything about
[Am] I tell her darling [F] if you don't like it here
go back [G] to your miserable [Eb] little country
well it's [A] Christmas
in Cape Town
[A] but it ain't the same
[F] the [Ab] boys on the [D] beach still blowing
[Ab]
[A] the summer wind
still [D] kick the clouds [A] around
[Am] [G] [Am]
[A]
[F] [C] [G]
[D] [E]
[F] you know my little brother Ben
[Am] works out at the diamond [F] mine
I drove him out there
at five this morning
[Am] the niggas was waiting
big long line
[F] you know those big old lunch
pairs they carry [Am] man
with the picture of Star [A] Wars
painted on the [F] side
staring at us real hard
with big ugly yellow [A] eyes
you can feel [F] it
[A] this [Em] time you can [A] feel it
[D] [E] it's [Eb] Christmas in Cape [G] Town
but it ain't the [Eb] same
[F] [Ab] stars open all the time
[Gm] [A] little kids on
[D] skateboards cutting in and [A] out the crowd
the Christmas lights [F] still shine
[G] [Em] [A]
[F] [G] [E] [Am]
myself [F] I don't like to drink
[Em] the way I used to man you [E] know
[C] don't seem to get me high
[G] [E]
the beer [F] don't taste
the way it [G] ought to taste somehow
[Em]
[A] don't know why
[F] don't talk to me [G] about the planes man I've heard
[Am] just [F] take a look [G] around
[E]
[Am] what [F] we gonna do
blow [G] up the whole damn country
[C] I don't know
[A] it's [E] Christmas in Cape [A] Town
[E] man [F] it's Christmas
in Cape Town
[Fm]
[Ab] [A] it's Christmas in Cape Town
[D] [A] [C] [A]
[F] [E] [G]
[D] [E]
[Am] [F] [C]
[Am] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
[N]
It's called Christmas in Cape Town.
[Em] Merry Christmas.
[F] [C] [G]
[E] [C]
[Em] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [G] [Am]
[F] [A] [E] [Am]
[F] [G] [E] [Am]
Every [F] night,
[G] jungle town
[Am] all [C] the
bogeys [G] in the street
[F] radio
[A] turned up very [C] loud
[Cm] playing Dancing Queen
they love our [F] music
this [A]
[F] [G]
[E] [F] English girl
[G] from the north [Em] [Am] somewhere
staying with [G] me at my [D] place
[Am] drinking [F] up all my [G] beer
talking about the poor niggas
all [C] the time real disgracious
[G] [A] I tell her [F] darling don't talk [G] about
things you don't understand
[Am] I tell her darling [F] don't talk about
[G] something you don't know [E] anything about
[Am] I tell her darling [F] if you don't like it here
go back [G] to your miserable [Eb] little country
well it's [A] Christmas
in Cape Town
[A] but it ain't the same
[F] the [Ab] boys on the [D] beach still blowing
[Ab]
[A] the summer wind
still [D] kick the clouds [A] around
[Am] [G] [Am]
[A]
[F] [C] [G]
[D] [E]
[F] you know my little brother Ben
[Am] works out at the diamond [F] mine
I drove him out there
at five this morning
[Am] the niggas was waiting
big long line
[F] you know those big old lunch
pairs they carry [Am] man
with the picture of Star [A] Wars
painted on the [F] side
staring at us real hard
with big ugly yellow [A] eyes
you can feel [F] it
[A] this [Em] time you can [A] feel it
[D] [E] it's [Eb] Christmas in Cape [G] Town
but it ain't the [Eb] same
[F] [Ab] stars open all the time
[Gm] [A] little kids on
[D] skateboards cutting in and [A] out the crowd
the Christmas lights [F] still shine
[G] [Em] [A]
[F] [G] [E] [Am]
myself [F] I don't like to drink
[Em] the way I used to man you [E] know
[C] don't seem to get me high
[G] [E]
the beer [F] don't taste
the way it [G] ought to taste somehow
[Em]
[A] don't know why
[F] don't talk to me [G] about the planes man I've heard
[Am] just [F] take a look [G] around
[E]
[Am] what [F] we gonna do
blow [G] up the whole damn country
[C] I don't know
[A] it's [E] Christmas in Cape [A] Town
[E] man [F] it's Christmas
in Cape Town
[Fm]
[Ab] [A] it's Christmas in Cape Town
[D] [A] [C] [A]
[F] [E] [G]
[D] [E]
[Am] [F] [C]
[Am] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
[N]
Key:
F
G
A
Am
E
F
G
A
_ It's a new song, it's about Christmas in South Africa.
It's called Christmas in Cape Town.
_ [Em] Merry Christmas. _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
Every [F] night,
_ [G] jungle town
[Am] _ all [C] the
bogeys [G] in the street _
_ _ [F] radio
_ [A] _ turned up very [C] loud
[Cm] playing Dancing Queen
they love our [F] music
this _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F] English girl _
[G] from the north [Em] [Am] somewhere
_ staying with [G] me at my [D] place
[Am] drinking _ [F] up all my [G] beer
talking about the poor niggas
all [C] the time real disgracious
[G] _ _ _ [A] I tell her [F] darling don't talk [G] about
things you don't understand
[Am] I tell her darling [F] don't talk about
[G] something you don't know [E] anything about
[Am] I tell her darling [F] if you don't like it here
go back [G] to your miserable [Eb] little country _
well it's [A] Christmas
in Cape Town
[A] but it ain't the same
_ [F] the [Ab] boys on the [D] beach still blowing
[Ab] _
_ _ [A] the summer wind
still [D] kick the clouds [A] around
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F] _ _ you know my little brother Ben _
_ [Am] _ _ works out at the diamond [F] mine
_ I drove him out there
at five this morning
[Am] _ _ the niggas was waiting
big long line
[F] _ _ you know those big old lunch
pairs they carry [Am] man
with the picture of Star [A] Wars
painted on the [F] side
staring at us real hard
with big ugly yellow [A] eyes
you can feel [F] it _
[A] _ this [Em] time you can [A] feel it _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ it's [Eb] Christmas in Cape [G] Town
but it ain't the [Eb] same
_ [F] _ [Ab] stars open all the time
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] little kids on
[D] skateboards cutting in and [A] out the crowd
the Christmas lights [F] still shine
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
myself [F] I don't like to drink
[Em] the way I used to man you [E] know
[C] don't seem to get me high
_ [G] _ _ [E] _
the beer [F] don't taste
the way it [G] ought to taste somehow
[Em] _ _
[A] don't know why _ _ _ _
_ [F] don't talk to me [G] about the planes man I've heard
_ [Am] just [F] take a look [G] around
_ [E] _
_ [Am] what [F] we gonna do
blow [G] up the whole damn country
[C] I don't know _ _ _
_ [A] it's [E] Christmas in Cape [A] Town _ _
[E] man [F] it's Christmas
in Cape Town
[Fm] _ _
[Ab] _ [A] it's Christmas in Cape Town
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's called Christmas in Cape Town.
_ [Em] Merry Christmas. _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
Every [F] night,
_ [G] jungle town
[Am] _ all [C] the
bogeys [G] in the street _
_ _ [F] radio
_ [A] _ turned up very [C] loud
[Cm] playing Dancing Queen
they love our [F] music
this _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F] English girl _
[G] from the north [Em] [Am] somewhere
_ staying with [G] me at my [D] place
[Am] drinking _ [F] up all my [G] beer
talking about the poor niggas
all [C] the time real disgracious
[G] _ _ _ [A] I tell her [F] darling don't talk [G] about
things you don't understand
[Am] I tell her darling [F] don't talk about
[G] something you don't know [E] anything about
[Am] I tell her darling [F] if you don't like it here
go back [G] to your miserable [Eb] little country _
well it's [A] Christmas
in Cape Town
[A] but it ain't the same
_ [F] the [Ab] boys on the [D] beach still blowing
[Ab] _
_ _ [A] the summer wind
still [D] kick the clouds [A] around
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F] _ _ you know my little brother Ben _
_ [Am] _ _ works out at the diamond [F] mine
_ I drove him out there
at five this morning
[Am] _ _ the niggas was waiting
big long line
[F] _ _ you know those big old lunch
pairs they carry [Am] man
with the picture of Star [A] Wars
painted on the [F] side
staring at us real hard
with big ugly yellow [A] eyes
you can feel [F] it _
[A] _ this [Em] time you can [A] feel it _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ it's [Eb] Christmas in Cape [G] Town
but it ain't the [Eb] same
_ [F] _ [Ab] stars open all the time
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] little kids on
[D] skateboards cutting in and [A] out the crowd
the Christmas lights [F] still shine
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
myself [F] I don't like to drink
[Em] the way I used to man you [E] know
[C] don't seem to get me high
_ [G] _ _ [E] _
the beer [F] don't taste
the way it [G] ought to taste somehow
[Em] _ _
[A] don't know why _ _ _ _
_ [F] don't talk to me [G] about the planes man I've heard
_ [Am] just [F] take a look [G] around
_ [E] _
_ [Am] what [F] we gonna do
blow [G] up the whole damn country
[C] I don't know _ _ _
_ [A] it's [E] Christmas in Cape [A] Town _ _
[E] man [F] it's Christmas
in Cape Town
[Fm] _ _
[Ab] _ [A] it's Christmas in Cape Town
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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