Chinatown Chords

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Pretty complicated song structure here, follow the record to understand how these changes happen. Interludes and outro play similarly with guitar solos and/or ad-libs throughout. Outro figure repeats to fade.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D#m
Capo: no capo
Author wpochert [pro] 6,503. Last edit on Feb 24, 2022

Chords

D#m
Bm
Bm7
B6
D#m7
G#
G#sus2
A
E
C#m7
Dm7
C
C/D
D
Bmaj7
B
A#m7
A#m11

Strumming

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[Intro]
D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm
 
 
[Verse 1]
B6         D#m7                         G#            G#sus2
  Take the cable car to Jackson, it's a Friday night affair
A            E         B6
Madam Rose's legendary honeycomb
B6        D#m7                       G#             G#sus2
  With an ounce of intuition you can feel it in the air
     A               E                B6
This working boy has found a place to roam
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
   Bm7                    C#m7
As unfamiliar faces watch every move you make
        Dm7                                    C
And the midnight gangs are snaking through the alleyway
C/D          D
  Where they used to play
 
 
[Chorus]
        Bmaj7      B    A#m7 D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
          G#                                D#m
Where the nights are always longer than the days
        Bmaj7      B    A#m7 D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
         D#m                           Bmaj7
With the dragon eyes that overlook the bay
B    A#m11
Hey, yeah
 
 
[Interlude 1]
D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm
 
 
[Verse 2]
B6          D#m7                          G#              G#sus2
  There's a lair below the city where the bottom dwellers go
A                   E                    B6
Trying to find that thrill they've never known
B6  D#m7                            G#             G#sus2
  A woman pours the absinthe as the paper lanterns glow
  A                   E            B6
I think this jones is better left alone
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
    Bm7                             C#m7
The corridors are endless, it's not hard to lose your way
      Dm7                           C
Where old men smoke and gamble into Saturday
C/D      D
  Do you want to play?
 
 
[Chorus]
        Bmaj7      B    A#m7 D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
          G#                                D#m
Where the nights are always longer than the days
        Bmaj7      B    A#m7 D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
         D#m                           Bmaj7
With the dragon eyes that overlook the bay
B    A#m11
Hey, yeah
 
 
[Interlude 2]
D#m  Bm Bm7  D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7  D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7  D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7  D#m
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 3]
       Bm7                           C#m7
If the California street line is the only way you know
          Dm7                                C
You might want to play it safe down on Grant Avenue
C/D        D
  Where we wait for you
 
 
[Chorus]
        Bmaj7      B    A#m7 D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
          G#                                D#m
Where the nights are always longer than the days
        Bmaj7      B    A#m7 D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
         D#m                           Bmaj7
With the dragon eyes that overlook the bay
B    A#m11
Hey, yeah
 
 
[Outro]
D#m  Bm Bm7  D#m  Bm Bm7
D#m  Bm Bm7  D#m  Bm Bm7
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