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