Artist: The Libertines
Song: Bangkok
Album: Time for heroes EP
(Standard Tuning — EADGBe)
Intro:
C, D#, G# A A# (x4)
verse 1
C D# D A C D# D A F Fm(Stop)
Your love was only a whisper away, scratch my hands and say
C G G# A#
There’s a better land
C D# D A C D# D A F
Well I know your daddy he’s not rich, and your mother’s a drunkard but you’re
Fm(stop) C G G# A#
The one i worship and adore
Chorus
C D# G# A A#
But all is whole when they’re layin me down,
C D# G# A A#
You know it smells like Bangkok in Chinatown,
C D# G# A A# C
Did you get your pound of flesh today?
Verse 2 (same as verse 1)
I’ve forgot all that I had, still livin about your pad,
It’s a mean unleasant land
Sometimes you come in deep inside, sometimes it doesn’t touch the sides,
Like a sausage up an alleyway
(Repeat chorus)
Bridge:
F E Am C F
How innocent is the day, when you smiled and then you lay on your side
E G G# G G#
Below outdoor sun?… It’s another plan… It’s another land
(Repeat verse one, last 8 bars is solo — make up your own using pentatonic scale)
(repeat chorus x2)
End on C, slide down neck then hit C5