[Intro - Easier version of G7b9 so lower G really rings - 3x3004 - not 353434 Start just drums - half time Bxxx SxxB Bxxx Sxxx]
Cdim then up 1 fret for each of next chords E ----------------------------------- B -4-5-6-7-8-9---------------------- G -5-6-7-8-9-10----------------------- D -4-5-6-7-8-9----------------------- A -3-4-5-6-7-8----------------------- E -----------------------------------
[Vamp] [Cm][G7b9-3xx004][Cm][G7b9-3xx004] (play little E-464 B-4 line)
[follow horn line for these] [Cm] x [D][D] - x x x x - x x x [G7b9] - x x [Gsus4] x [Csus2] x x x - x x x x - [G] x x x - x x x x
[Vamp] [Cm][G7b9-3x3004][Cm][G7b9-3x3004] (Bbm6 like Bm7 just slide finger down 1 fret) [Bbm6-x13x23][Bbm][Bbm][Bbsus2][E]
[Verse 1 - Place the first finger first on the G7 so can really make bass note ring] [Cm] This town, [G7b9-3x3004] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. [G7b9] [Cm] All the clubs are [G7b9] being closed [Cm] down. [G7b9] [Cm] This place, [G7b9] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. [G7b9]
(*think like Bm7 but don't barre at the first fret and add little finger at 3rd fret on high E) [Bbm6-x13023*] Bands [Bbm]won't [Bbm]play [Bsus2]no [E]more too much fighting on the dance floor.
[Interlude] [Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7-x35443] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6-8x7888] la. La [Bdim7-x20101] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7b9]
[Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6] la. La [Bdim7] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7b9]
[Bridge 1] [F#/C#] Do you re- [C#] member the [F#/C#] good old [C#] days before the [F#] ghost town? We [F#/C#] danced and [C#] sang as the [F#/C#] music [C#] played in our dear [F#] boom town. [G7]
[Interlude] Cm G7b9 (x2), Cm D G7b9 Csus2 G Cm G7b9 (x2), Bbm6 Bbm E
[Verse 2] [Cm] This town, [G7b9] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. Why must the [G7b9] youth fight against them (horn line bit coming up - Cm D G7b9 Csus2 G) [Cm] selves? [D][G7b9] [Csus2] Government leaving the [G] youth on the shelf. [Cm] This place, [G7b9] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. No job to be [G7b9] found in this country. [Bbm6]Can't [Bbm]go [Bbm]on [Bsus2]no [E] more; the people getting angry.
[Interlude] [Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6] la. La [Bdim7] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7#9]
[Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6] la. La [Bdim7] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7b9]
[Coda] [Cm] This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a [Cm] ghost town. [Cm] This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a [Cm] ghost town. [Cm] This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a [Cm] ghost town. [Cm] This town... [N.C.] is comin' like a ghost town.
[End] [Notes] [Keyboard parts] [Bbm6][Bbm][Bsus2][E] E 3-----1--------------0----------------------------- B 2-------2-1----------0------00-9---------------------- G 0--------------------1----11---9-------------------- D 3--------------------2--22-----9-------------------- A 1--------------------2---------7------------------- E ---------------------0----------------------------
[Verse] [E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her [G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a [E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never [G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an [E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her [G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with [E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a [G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am
[Chorus] [C] And when she [Am] knows what She [Dm] wants from her [G] time [C] And when she [Am] wakes up And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind [A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough [D] Just because [B] I'm in love with an
[Verse] [E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her [G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her [E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her [G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice
[Verse] [E] Uptown girl ..... [F#m] You know I can't afford to [G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my [E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of [G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win
[Chorus] [C] And when she's [Am] walking She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine [C] And when she's [Am] talking She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine [A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough [D] Just because [B] I'm in love with an
[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4] (just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate) [E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her [G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with [E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a [G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am
[Verse] [E]Uptown girl [F#m] She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You [A] know I'm in [B] love with an [E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown [G#m] girl ....... You [A] know I'm in [B] love with an [E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown [G#m] girl ....... You [A] know I'm in [B] love with an [E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown [G#m] girl ......... You [A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)
