You Sound Like Louis Burdett chords by The Whitlams

Chords with lyrics

"You Sound Like Louis Burdett" by The Whitlams

Transcribed by Daniel Meijer

This is a chord transcription. In most of the song the bass is the main
accompaniment, with some guitar comping as embellishments. So the chords
are implied by the bass, and I've deduced them from what I could pick up
from the guitar and keys. Hope it all makes sense! For the curious, Louis
Burdett is a Sydney muso from Newtown (home of all povvo musos and wanky
left-wing arts students), and a former flatmate of Tim Freedman.

Now, Tim's phrasing of the lyrics are not repetitive - that's their
attraction! For that reason I'm not going to try to line up the chord
changes with with lyrics...in the verse, the change |EbmEbm BB Bb majorBb| is repeated
- listen to the CD, you'll hear where and when the changes happen :-)

Intro:

EbmEbm  BB  Bb majorBb (repeat)


Verse (same chords):

Had a little bit to ....


Chorus:

F#F#     AbAb      BB
And we roll on to my...
     C#C#        F#F#
Play some poker, scra...
F#F#     AbAb        BB
Look at the sky and sp...
       C#C#      F#F#
Where would I ...
       AbAb        E MajorE
Roll with the ...
        BB    Bb majorBb     EbmEbm  BB Bb majorBb
and down the streets the...


Verse 2: (EbmEbm  BB Bb majorBb)

I'm chewing ice and ....


Chorus:

F#F#         AbAb
All my friends ...
       BB     C#C#
but they're fun to ...
    F#F#        AbAb
Banana chairs ...
     BB       C#C#
Telling ...
     F#F#        AbAb
How Geminis love wooden ...
 E MajorE        BB  Bb majorBb       EbmEbm  BB Bb majorBb
How down the street ...

Bridge:

AbAb       BB          F#F#    E MajorE    BB
The moment the night wears ...
BB                        A augmentedA
They're all asleep but the ....

It tastes like ...
  D MajorD      E MajorE       F#F#
I feel so good I, just ...
EbmEbm     BB Bb majorBb
Pat him on the bald ....

Solo over same chords.

EbmEbm     BB Bb majorBb
I'm stoned in a bookshop, ....


Chorus:

F#F#     AbAb      BB
And we roll on ...
     C#C#        F#F#
Play some poker, ...
F#F#     AbAb        BB
Look at the sky ...
       C#C#      F#F#
Where would I go ....
       AbAb        E MajorE
Roll with the punches ...
        BB    Bb majorBb     EbmEbm  BB Bb majorBb
and down the ...
F#F#         AbAb
All my ..
       BB     C#C#
but they're fun ...
    F#F#        AbAb
Banana chairs out ...
     BB       C#C#
Telling stories ...
     F#F#        AbAb
How Geminis love wooden ...
 E MajorE        BB  Bb majorBb       EbmEbm  BB Bb majorBb
How down the street ....


Outro (same chords as chorus):

Most of my friends are very ....

Chorus again

                F#F# AbAb E MajorE BB Bb majorBb EbmEbm
...and how down the street ....