One Night In Bangkok
One Night In Bangkok

One Night In Bangkok chords by Murray Head

1984Pop
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Am

  • Dm

  • G#dim7

    3
  • F

  • C

  • E

  • Am

  • Dm

  • G#dim7

    3
  • F

  • C

  • E

  • Verse 1
    Bangkok, 
    Oriental 
    setting 
    setting 

    And 
    the 
    city 
    don't 
    know 
    that 
    the 
    city 
    is 
    getting 

    The 
    creme 
    de 
    la 
    creme 
    of 
    the 
    chess 
    world 

    In 
    show 
    with 
    everything 
    but 
    Yul 
    Brynner 

    Time 
    flies 
    doesn't 
    seem 
    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 
    no 
    ordinary 
    venue 

    It's 
    Iceland 
    or 
    the 
    Philippines 

    or 
    Hastings 
    or, 
    or 
    this 
    place 

    Chorus 1
    One 
    night 
    in 
    Bangkok 

    and 
    the 
    world's 
    your 
    oyster 

    The 
    bars 
    are 
    temples 
    but 
    the 
    pearls 
    ain't 
    free 

    You'll 
    find 
    god 
    in 
    every 
    golden 
    cloister 

    And 
    if 
    you're 
    lucky 
    then 
    the 
    god's 
    she 

    Verse 2
    can 
    feel 
    an 
    angel 
    sliding 
    up 
    to 
    me 

    One 
    town's 
    very 
    like 
    another 

    When 
    your 
    head's 
    down 

    over 
    your 
    pieces, 
    brother 

    It's 
    drag, 
    it's 
    bore, 
    it's 
    really 
    such 
    pity 

    To 
    be 
    looking 
    at 
    the 
    board, 

    not 
    looking 
    at 
    the 
    city 

    Whaddya 
    mean? 

    Ya 
    seen 
    one 
    crowded, 
    polluted, 
    stinking 
    town 

    Tea, 
    girls, 
    warm, 
    sweet 

    Some 
    are 
    set 
    up 
    in 
    the 

    Somerset 
    Maugham 
    suite 

    Get 
    thai'd, 
    you're 
    talking 
    to 
    tourist 

    Whose 
    every 
    move's 
    among 
    the 
    purest 

    get 
    my 
    kicks 
    above 
    the 
    waistline, 
    sunshine 


    Chorus 2
    One 
    night 
    in 
    Bangkok 
    makes 

    hard 
    man 
    humble 

    Not 
    much 
    be
    tween 
    despair 
    and 
    ecstasy 

    One 
    night 
    in 
    Bangkok 

    and 
    the 
    tough 
    guys 
    tumble 

    Can't 
    be 
    too 
    care
    ful 
    with 
    your 
    company 

    can 
    feel 
    the 
    devil 
    walking 
    next 
    to 
    me 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    Siam's 
    gonna 
    be 
    the 
    the 
    witness 

    To 
    the 
    ultimate 
    test 
    of 
    cerebral 
    fitness 

    This 
    grips 
    me 
    more 
    than 
    would 

    Muddy 
    old 
    river 
    or 
    reclining 
    Buddha 

    And 
    thank 
    God 
    I'm 
    only 
    watching 

    the 
    game, 
    controlling 
    it 

    don't 
    see 
    you 
    guys 
    rating 

    The 
    kind 
    of 
    mate 
    I'm 
    contemplating 

    I'd 
    let 
    you 
    watch, 
    would 
    invite 
    you 

    But 
    the 
    queens 
    we 
    use 

    would 
    not 
    excite 
    you 

    So 
    you 
    better 
    go 
    back 
    to 
    your 
    bars, 

    your 
    temples 

    Your 
    massage 
    parlours 

    Chorus 3
    One 
    night 
    in 
    Bangkok 

    and 
    the 
    world's 
    your 
    oyster 

    The 
    bars 
    are 
    temples 
    but 
    the 
    pearls 
    ain't 
    free 

    You'll 
    find 
    god 
    in 
    every 
    golden 
    cloister 

    little 
    flesh, 
    little 
    history 

    Chorus 4
    can 
    feel 
    an 
    angel 
    sliding 
    up 
    to 
    me 

    One 
    night 
    in 
    Bangkok 
    makes 

    hard 
    man 
    humble 

    Not 
    much 
    be
    tween 
    despair 
    and 
    ecstasy 

    One 
    night 
    in 
    Bangkok 

    and 
    the 
    tough 
    guys 
    tumble 

    Can't 
    be 
    too 
    care
    ful 
    with 
    your 
    company 

    can 
    feel 
    the 
    devil 
    walking 
    next 
    to 
    me 
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