You Sound Like Louis Burdett chords by The Whitlams

"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 |Ebm B Bb| is repeated
- listen to the CD, you'll hear where and when the changes happen :-)

Intro:

Ebm   B   Bb (repeat)


Verse (same chords):

Had a little bit to ....


Chorus:

F#          Ab            B
And we roll on to my...
          C#                F#
Play some poker, scra...
F#          Ab               B
Look at the sky and sp...
             C#            F#
Where would I ...
              Ab                E
Roll with the ...
                B        Bb          Ebm   B Bb
and down the streets the...


Verse 2:  (Ebm   B Bb)

I'm chewing ice and ....


Chorus:

F#                 Ab
All my friends ...
             B          C#
but they're fun to ...
        F#                Ab
Banana chairs ...
         B             C#
Telling ...
         F#               Ab
How Geminis love wooden ...
 E                B   Bb             Ebm   B Bb
How down the street ...


Bridge:

Ab             B                   F#        E       B
The moment the night wears ...
B                                               A
They're all asleep but the ....

It tastes like ...
   D            E             F#
I feel so good I, just ...
Ebm         B  Bb
Pat him on the bald ....

Solo over same chords.

Ebm         B  Bb
I'm stoned in a bookshop, ....


Chorus:

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


Outro (same chords as chorus):

Most of my friends are very ....

Chorus again

                               F#  Ab E  B Bb Ebm
...and how down the street ....