Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm
Verse 1:
B6B6 D#m7D#m7 G#G# G#sus2G#sus2
Take the cable car to Jackson, it's a Friday night affair
A augmentedA E MajorE B6B6
Madam Rose's 🏷Legendary honeycomb
Verse 2:
B6B6 D#m7D#m7 G#G# G#sus2G#sus2
With an ounce of intuition you can feel it in the air
A augmentedA E MajorE B6B6
This working boy has found a place to roam
Pre-Chorus 1:
Bm7Bm7 C#m7C#m7
As unfamiliar faces watch every move you make
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
And the midnight gangs are snaking through the alleyway
C/DC/D D MajorD
Where they used to play
Chorus:
BMaj7Bmaj7 BB A#m7A#m7 D#m7D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
G#G# D#mD#m
Where the nights are always longer than the days
BMaj7Bmaj7 BB A#m7A#m7 D#m7D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
D#mD#m BMaj7Bmaj7
With the dragon eyes that overlook the bay
BB A#m11
Hey, yeah
Interlude 1:
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm
Verse 3:
B6B6 D#m7D#m7 G#G# G#sus2G#sus2
There's a lair below the city where the bottom dwellers go
A augmentedA E MajorE B6B6
Trying to find that thrill they've never known
Verse 4:
B6B6 D#m7D#m7 G#G# G#sus2G#sus2
A augmentedA woman pours the absinthe as the paper lanterns glow
A augmentedA E MajorE B6B6
I think this jones is better left alone
Pre-Chorus 2:
Bm7Bm7 C#m7C#m7
The corridors are endless, it's not hard to lose your way
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Where old men smoke and gamble into Saturday
C/DC/D D MajorD
Do you want to play?
Chorus:
BMaj7Bmaj7 BB A#m7A#m7 D#m7D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
G#G# D#mD#m
Where the nights are always longer than the days
BMaj7Bmaj7 BB A#m7A#m7 D#m7D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
D#mD#m BMaj7Bmaj7
With the dragon eyes that overlook the bay
BB A#m11
Hey, yeah
Interlude 2:
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7 D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7 D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7 D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7 D#mD#m
Pre-Chorus 3:
Bm7Bm7 C#m7C#m7
If the California street line is the only way you know
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
You might want to play it safe down on Grant Avenue
C/DC/D D MajorD
Where we wait for you
Chorus:
BMaj7Bmaj7 BB A#m7A#m7 D#m7D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
G#G# D#mD#m
Where the nights are always longer than the days
BMaj7Bmaj7 BB A#m7A#m7 D#m7D#m7
Down in Chinatown (woah-oh - woah-oh)
D#mD#m BMaj7Bmaj7
With the dragon eyes that overlook the bay
BB A#m11
Hey, yeah
Outro:
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7 D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7
D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7 D#mD#m B minorBm Bm7Bm7