1st Verse:
[Dm] Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the [C/D]city don't [Dm]know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
[C/D]Show with e[Dm]verything but Yul Brynner[Gm7]
[Dm]Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute
Since the T[C/D]irolean spa h[Dm]ad the chess boys in it
All change -- don't you know that when you
[C/D]Play at this l[Dm]evel there's no ordinary venue
[Gm7]
It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --
or this [A7b9]place!
1st Chorus:
[Dm] One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]world's [C/E]your [Dm]oyster
The bars are [Gm]temples but the [C]pearls ain't free[Gm7]
[Dm] You'll find a [Bb]god in every [F]gol-[C/E]den [Dm]cloister
And if you're [Gm]lucky then the [C]god's a [Gm7]she
[Dm] I can feel an [Gm]angel sliding [C]up to [Dm]me
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
[Gm7]Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking [Dm]town --
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:
[Dm]One night in [Bb]Bangkok makes a [F]hard [C/E]man [Dm]humble
Not much bet[Gm]ween despair and [C]ecstasy[Gm7]
[Dm]One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]tough [C/E]guys [Dm]tumble
Can't be too [Gm]careful with your [C]company[Gm7][Dm]
I can feel the [Gm]devil walking [C]next to [Dm]me
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
parlour[A7b9]s
3rd Chorus:
[Dm] One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]world's [C/E]your [Dm]oyster
The bars are [Gm]temples but the [C]pearls ain't free[Gm7]
[Dm]You'll find a [Bb]god in every [F]gol-[C/E]den [Dm]cloister
A little [Gm]flesh, a little [C]histo-[Gm7]ry[Dm]
I can feel an [Gm]angel sliding [C]up to me
[Dm] One night in [Bb]Bangkok makes a [F]hard [C/E]man [Dm]humble
Not much bet[Gm]ween despair and [C]ecsta[Gm7]sy[Dm]
[Dm]One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]tough [C/E]guys [Dm]tumble
Can't be too [Gm]careful with your [C]compa[Gm7]ny[Dm]
I can feel the [Gm]devil walking [C]next to [Dm]me[Dm]
A7b9 is from down to up: A(bass),G(7th),Bb(b9),C# and E, if anyone is wondering.
[Dm] Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the [C/D]city don't [Dm]know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
[C/D]Show with e[Dm]verything but Yul Brynner[Gm7]
[Dm]Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute
Since the T[C/D]irolean spa h[Dm]ad the chess boys in it
All change -- don't you know that when you
[C/D]Play at this l[Dm]evel there's no ordinary venue
[Gm7]
It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --
or this [A7b9]place!
1st Chorus:
[Dm] One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]world's [C/E]your [Dm]oyster
The bars are [Gm]temples but the [C]pearls ain't free[Gm7]
[Dm] You'll find a [Bb]god in every [F]gol-[C/E]den [Dm]cloister
And if you're [Gm]lucky then the [C]god's a [Gm7]she
[Dm] I can feel an [Gm]angel sliding [C]up to [Dm]me
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
[Gm7]Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking [Dm]town --
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:
[Dm]One night in [Bb]Bangkok makes a [F]hard [C/E]man [Dm]humble
Not much bet[Gm]ween despair and [C]ecstasy[Gm7]
[Dm]One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]tough [C/E]guys [Dm]tumble
Can't be too [Gm]careful with your [C]company[Gm7][Dm]
I can feel the [Gm]devil walking [C]next to [Dm]me
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
parlour[A7b9]s
3rd Chorus:
[Dm] One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]world's [C/E]your [Dm]oyster
The bars are [Gm]temples but the [C]pearls ain't free[Gm7]
[Dm]You'll find a [Bb]god in every [F]gol-[C/E]den [Dm]cloister
A little [Gm]flesh, a little [C]histo-[Gm7]ry[Dm]
I can feel an [Gm]angel sliding [C]up to me
[Dm] One night in [Bb]Bangkok makes a [F]hard [C/E]man [Dm]humble
Not much bet[Gm]ween despair and [C]ecsta[Gm7]sy[Dm]
[Dm]One night in [Bb]Bangkok and the [F]tough [C/E]guys [Dm]tumble
Can't be too [Gm]careful with your [C]compa[Gm7]ny[Dm]
I can feel the [Gm]devil walking [C]next to [Dm]me[Dm]
A7b9 is from down to up: A(bass),G(7th),Bb(b9),C# and E, if anyone is wondering.
