Tonart: D minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Oriental setting
And the city don't know
that the city is getting
The creme de la creme
of the chess world in a
Show with everything but
Gm
Dm
Yul Brynner
Time flies - - doesn't
seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa
had the chess boys in it
All change - - don't
you know that when you
Play at this level there's
It's Iceland - - or the Philippines - - or
Dm
Hastings - - or - - or this place!
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One night in Bangkok and the
Verse 2
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world's your oyster
Gm
The bars are temples but
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Gm
the pearls ain't free
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Bb
You'll find a god in every
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Dm
golden cloister
Gm
And if you're lucky then
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the god's a she
Dm
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
Verse 3
Dm
One town's very like another
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Dm
When your head's down over your pieces,
brother
Verse 4
Dm
It's a drag, it's a bore,
it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board,
Gm
not looking at the city
Verse 5
Gm
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded,
Dm
polluted, stinking town - -
Tea, girls, warm and sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset
Maugham suite
Verse 6
Dm
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist Whose
every move's among the purest
Gm
I get my kicks above the waistline,
sunshine
Dm
Verse 7
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One night in Bangkok makes
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Dm
a hard man humble
Gm
Bb
Not much between despair and ecstasy
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Dm
Bb
One night in Bangkok and
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C
Dm
the tough guys tumble
Gm
Bb
Can't be too careful with your company
Gm
Dm
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I can feel the devil walking next to me
Interlude 1
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Verse 8
Dm
Siam's gonna be the witness To the
ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
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Muddy old river or reclining Buddha
And thank God I'm only watching the
Dm
game - - controlling it - -
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
Gm
would not excite you
So you better go back to your bars, your temples,
C
Dm
your massage parlours - -
Bb
One night in Bangkok and the
Verse 9
F
Gm
The bars are temples but the
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Gm
pearls ain't free
Dm
Bb
F
C
Dm
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
Gm
A little flesh, a little history
Dm
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
Bb
One night in Bangkok makes
F
C
Dm
a hard man humble
Gm
Not much between despair and ecstasy
Dm
Bb
One night in Bangkok and the
F
C
Dm
tough guys tumble
Gm
Dm
Gm
Can't be too careful with your com pany
Dm
I can feel the devil walking next to me
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