INTRO 
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VERSE 
Am     F 
 Every night 
G         Em 
 In Jungletown 
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 All the boogies in the street 
Am  F 
 Radios  
G          Em 
 Turned up very loud 
        F 
Playin' Dancing Queen 
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They love our music 
 
INTERLUDE 
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 La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la 
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La, la, la, la  
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 La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la 
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La, la, la, la  
 
VERSE 
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 This English girl from the North somewhere 
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 Is stayin' with me at my place 
Am           F 
 Drinkin' up all my beer 
G                      Em 
Talkin' about the poor niggers all the time 
F 
   It's a real disgrace, she says 
 
BRIDGE 
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 I tell her, Darling, don't talk about things 
               Em 
You don't understand 
Am           F   
 I tell her, Darling, don't talk about something 
G                        Em 
You don't know anything about 
Am           F  
 I tell her, Darling, if you don't like it here 
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Go back to your own miserable country 
 
CHORUS 
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It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same 
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 Oh, the boys on the beach are still blowin' 
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 And the summer wind still kicks the clouds around 
 
RIFF 
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MIDDLE 8 
F 
  You know my little brother, babe 
Am 
  Well, he works out at the diamond mine 
F 
  I drove him out there at five this mornin' 
Am 
  The niggers was waitin' in a big long line 
Fadd#11 
  You know those big old lunch pails they carry, man 
      Am 
With a picture of Star Wars painted on the side 
         Fadd#11 
They were starin' at us real hard with their big ugly yellow eyes 
 
BRIDGE 
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You could feel it   This time ... 
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You could feel it 
 
CHORUS 
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It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same 
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 The stores are open all the time 
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 And little kids on skateboards cut in and out of the crowd 
 
INTERLUDE 
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And the Christmas lights still shine 
 
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VERSE 
Am               F                 G 
 Myself, I don't like to drink the way 
           Em 
I used to, man, you know 
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 It don't seem to get me high 
Am                  F 
 And the beer don't taste the way it 
         G               Em 
Ought to taste somehow 
      F 
And I don't know why 
 
BRIDGE 
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 Don't talk to me about the planes 
          Em 
Man, I've heard it 
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 Just take a look around 
Am                 F 
 What are we gonna do 
            G          Em 
Blow up the whole damn country? 
Fadd#11 
I don�??t know 
 
CHORUS 
     Am           AmM7       |  Am7 AmM7  |  
It's Christmas in Cape Town 
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It's Christmas in Cape Town 
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It's Christmas in Cape Town 
 
RIFF 
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CHRISTMAS OUTRO 
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