[Recording - V1 - standard, V2 - low 5th and high 3rd - style of voice for bvox - neutral, for main - distorted and doubled] [Drop D - Intro - BPM 90 - No bass until verse 2 - Minimal Guitar, mainly vox, no drums Intro - No drums - introduce the low D on D more during the song - Low but sing aggressively] [D] Ah, you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night [D] Ah, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light [D] Ah, you gonna [G] let it all hang out Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Instrumental - With drums - 0:23] [D] E ----------------------------0-0-0- B ----------------------------1-1-1- G ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-0-0-0---- D ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-2-2-2---- A ----5---5---5---5---5-------3-2-00--- E --0-------------------------------3-- Dr B S B S B S B S E --- B --- G 7-7-7-7-7 D 7-7-7-7-7 (stop) A 5-5-5-5-5 E 0-------- DrB S B S B B B S
[Verse 1] (snare) I was [D]just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my nurse [A] ry (Huh!) Left a [D] lone with big fat Fanny, she was [G]such a naughty nanny Heap big [D]woman, you made a [A]bad boy out of [D]me (drums stop)
[Instrumental] [D] E -------- B -------- G -------5-5-5-5 D -5-3---5-5-5-5 (stop) A -5-3---5-5-5-5 E -5-3-0-------- Dr-----B S B S B B B S Hey hey! I've been
[Verse 2 - Bass comes in now] [D] singing with my band, across the water, across the land I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the [A] way (hey) But their [D] beauty and their style, went kind of [G] smooth after a while Take me [D] to them dirty [A] ladies every [D] time, come on! (Drum fill 1) (Drum fill - leave all of D ringing and just play figure with right hand) ---X XX-X -X-X X-X- (keep bass drum going during)
[Chorus] [D] Ah, won't you [C] take me home to [G/B] night? [D] Ah, down be [C] side your red fire [A] light [D] Ah, and you [G] give it all you got Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round [Drum Fill SSSB S (ring D chord at end)]
[Interlude - Just bass drum under - 2nd line - half bar for A section] [G][G] - [D][D] - [A] ([A][A][A][D]) - [D][D] [G][G] - [D][D] - ([A][A] X [G]) - ......................... Hey listen (count 2 snares / 1 bar from here) [G][G][G][G] (B) (B) (B) S here .... ah.........now I got (Starting count new bar at G - then come back in correctly)
[Verse 3] Now I got [D] mortgages and homes, I got stiffness in my bones Ain't no beauty queens in this locali [A] ty (I tell you) Oh, but [D] I still get my pleasure Still [G] got my greatest treasure Heap big [D] woman, you done [A] made a big man of [D] me (Drum fill - SBBS BBSB BSBB SxSx - with D chord on every Snare hit)
[Chorus] [D] Oh (I know) you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night (Please) [D] Oh, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light [D] Oh, you gonna [G] let it all hang out Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round, [G] yeah Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Outro] Get on your bikes and ride! [D] w/ad lib vocals with G to F riff 555 333 000 [D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D] (keep bass drum going under)
Play the NOTES D,E,G,A. (D 0h2 G 0h2) Then play barre CHORDS: G D/F# Em D - C Bm C D then straight into the verse
[Verse 1 - No drums] I [Em] left my heart to the [C] sappers round Khe Sanh [G][C][G][D] And my [Em] soul was sold with my [C] cigarettes to the [D] Black [D6] market [D7] man [B] I've had the [Em] Vietnam cold [C] turkey, from the [G] ocean to the [G/F#] silver [C] city And it's [Am] only other [F] vets would understand [D][D6][D7][B] About the [Em] long forgotten [C] dockside guarantees [G][C][G][D] How there were [Em] no V-day [C] heroes in [D] 19 [D6] 7 [D7] 3 [B] How we [Em] sailed into Sydney [C] harbour, Saw an [G] old friend but [G/F#] couldn't [C] kiss her She was [Am] lined, and I was [D] home to the lucky land [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 2 - Drums in] And she was [Em] like so many [C] more from that time on [G][C][G][D] Their [Em] lives were all so [C] empty, till they [D] found their [D6] chosen [D7] one [B] And their [Em] legs were often [C] open But their [G] minds were [G/F#] always [C] closed And their [Am] hearts were held in [F] fast suburban [D] chains [D6][D7][B]
And the [Em] legal pads were [C] yellow, hours [G] long, pay [C] packet [G] lean [D] And the [Em] telex writers [C] clattered where the [D] gunships [D6] once had [D7] been [B] But the [Em] car parks made me [C] jumpy And I [G] never [G/F#] stopped the [C] dreams Or the [Am] growing need for [D] speed and novacaine [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 3] So I [Em] worked across the [C] country end to end [G][C][G][D] Tried to [Em] find a place to [C] settle down, where my [D] mixed up [D6] life could [D7] mend [B] Held a [Em] job on an [C] oil-rig Flying [G] choppers [G/F#] when I [C] could But the [Am] nightlife nearly [F] drove me round the bend [D][D6][D7][B] And I've [Em] travelled round the [C] world from year to year [G][C][G][D] And [Em] each one found me [C] aimless, one more [D] year the [D6] worse for [D7] wear [B] And I've been [Em] back to South East [C] Asia But the [G] answer [G/F#] sure ain't [C] there But I'm [Am] drifting north, to [D] check things out a [G] gain [C][G][D]
[Synth Solo CHORDS] Em C G D Em C D B Em C G C Am D (G C G D)
[Verse 4] You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Only [Em] seven flying [C] hours, and I'll be [D] landing [D6] in Hong [D7] Kong [B] There ain't [Em] nothing like the [C] kisses From a [G] jaded [G/F#] Chinese [C] princess I'm gonna [Am] hit some Hong Kong [F] mattress all night long [D][D6][D7][B]
Well the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Yeah the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [D][D6][D7][B] And it's [Em] really got me [C] worried I'm goin' [G] nowhere [G/F#] and I'm [C] in a hurry You know the [Am] last plane out of [D] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] (Repeat from "Last Plane" one time) G C G C - G C G G [End]
[Other Notes] Original D (x5777x) D6 (x57777) D7 (x57778) Ebdim (x6787x) (Can replace Bmaj with Ebdim as per above but fuller with B)
