Biography:
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.
Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.
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Other songs:
- Hay Un Amigo En Mí (toy Story)
- If I Didn't Have You
- It's A Jungle Out There
- Mcqueen And Sally
- Political Science
- Short People
- The Time Of Your Life
- Yo Soy Tu Amigo Fiel
- You've Got A Friend In Me
- You've Got A Friend In Me
- Youve Got A Friend In Me
- You’ve Got A Friend In Me
- A Wedding In Cherokee County
- Almost There
- Back On My Feet Again
- Bad News From Home
- Baltimore
- Be A Pepper
- Beehive State
- Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
- Big And Loud
- Birmingham
- Blue Shadows On The Trail
- Burn On
- Cant Keep A Good Man Down
- Christmas In Cape Town
- Dancing
- Davy The Fat Boy
- Dayton Ohio 1903
- Dixie Flyer
- Every Man A King
- Every Time It Rains
- Falling In Love
- Feels Like Home
- Follow The Flag
- Ghosts
- Gods Song
- Gone Dead Train
- Guilty
- Have You Seen My Baby
- He Gives Us All His Love
- I Love La
- I Love To See You Smile
- I Miss You
- I Think Hes Hiding
- I Think Its Going To Rain Today
- I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
- I Will Go Sailing No More
- If I Didnt Have You
- Ill Be Home
- Im Different
- In Germany Before The War
- Its A Jungle Out There
- Its Money That I Love
- Its Money That Matters
- Jolly Coppers On Parade
- Last Night I Had A Dream
- Laugh And Be Happy
- Living Without You
- Lonely At The Top
- Losing You
- Louisiana 1927
- Love Story
- Ma Belle Evangeline
- Mama Told Me Not To Come
- Marie
- Maybe Im Doing It Wrong
- Memo To My Son
- Mr President Have Pity On The Working Man
- My Country
- My Little Buttercup
- My Old Kentucky Home
- Naked Man
- Old Man
- Only A Girl
- Pretty Boy
- Rednecks
- Rider In The Rain
- Rollin
- Sail Away
- She Chose Me
- Sigmund Freuds Impersonation Of Albert Einstein In America
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Something Special
- Song For The Dead
- Spies
- Strange Things
- Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father
- The Blues
- The Girls In My Life Part 1
- The Great Nations Of Europe
- The Story Of A Rocknroll Band
- The World Isnt Fair
- Wandering Boy
- We Belong Together
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Christmas in Cape Town - Randy Newman
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Randy Newman
Christmas in Cape Town (1983)
(Randy Newman)
From: "Trouble in Paradise"
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CHRISTMAS INTRO
Am Em7 F C/G F G C C7/E Am Em F C F/A C/E G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|--------0---3---|8-------5-------|----------------|
B|1---0-----------|1---3-----------|----8-------5---|6---5---3-------|
G|--------2---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
RIFF
C G/B A C G F
4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B-----|----------------|--2-1-2-1-2-----|----------------|----------------|
G-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-----|----------------|----------------|
D-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-----|0---------------|----------------|
A-0-2-|3---2-0---0-2---|0-----------0-2-|--3-2-0-----0-2-|0-----------0-2-|
E-----|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|--3-1-----------|
C G/B D E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----1-----------|
D|----------------|--0-4-----------|--2-------------|
A|3---2-0---0-2---|0---------------|2---------------|
E|--------3-------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C7/E 0-3-2-3-1-x
F/A x-0-3-2-1-x
C/E 0-3-2-0-1-x
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
Eb-5 x-6-7-8-8-x
AmM7 x-0-2-1-1-0
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
Am/F x-x-3-2-1-0
AmM7/F x-x-3-1-1-0
Am7/F x-x-3-0-1-0
Am/D x-x-0-2-1-0
AmM7/D x-x-0-1-1-0
Am7/D x-x-0-0-1-0
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Fadd#11 1-3-3-2-0-x
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CHRISTMAS INTRO
| Am Em7 F C/G |
| F G C C7/E |
| Am Em F C |
| F/A C/E G |
INTRO
| Am F | G Em |
| Am F | G Em |
VERSE
Am F
Every night
G Em
In Jungletown
Am C G D5 E
All the boogies in the street
Am F
Radios
G Em
Turned up very loud
F
Playin' Dancing Queen
Eb Bb F C
They love our music
INTERLUDE
Am F G
La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la
D5 E
La, la, la, la
Am F G
La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la
D5 E
La, la, la, la
VERSE
Am F G Em
This English girl from the North somewhere
Am C G D5 E
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
Am F G
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
G Eb-5
Go back to your own miserable country
CHORUS
Am AmM7 Am7 AmM7
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
Am/F AmM7/F Am7/F AmM7/F
Oh, the boys on the beach are still blowin'
Am/D AmM7/D Am7/D AmM7/D
And the summer wind still kicks the clouds around
RIFF
| C G/B | A | C G | F |
| C G/B | D | E |
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
| Am F | G Em |
You could feel it This time ...
| Am F | G Eb-5 |
You could feel it
CHORUS
Am AmM7 Am7 AmM7
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
Am/F AmM7/F Am7/F AmM7/F
The stores are open all the time
Am/D AmM7/D Am7/D AmM7/D
And little kids on skateboards cut in and out of the crowd
INTERLUDE
| Am F | G Em |
And the Christmas lights still shine
| Am F | G Em |
VERSE
Am F G
Myself, I don't like to drink the way
Em
I used to, man, you know
Am C G D5 E
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
Am F G
Don't talk to me about the planes
Em
Man, I've heard it
Am F G D5 E
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
Am/F AmM7/F | Am7/F AmM7/F |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
Am/D AmM7/D | Am7/D AmM7/D |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
RIFF
| C G/B | A | C G | F |
| C G/B | D | E |
CHRISTMAS OUTRO
| Am Em7 F C/G |
| F G C C7/E |
| Am Em F C |
| F/A G C |
Christmas in Cape Town - Randy Newman
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Randy Newman
Christmas in Cape Town (1983)
(Randy Newman)
From: "Trouble in Paradise"
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CHRISTMAS INTRO
Am Em7 F C/G F G C C7/E Am Em F C F/A C/E G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|--------0---3---|8-------5-------|----------------|
B|1---0-----------|1---3-----------|----8-------5---|6---5---3-------|
G|--------2---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
RIFF
C G/B A C G F
4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B-----|----------------|--2-1-2-1-2-----|----------------|----------------|
G-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-----|----------------|----------------|
D-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-----|0---------------|----------------|
A-0-2-|3---2-0---0-2---|0-----------0-2-|--3-2-0-----0-2-|0-----------0-2-|
E-----|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|--3-1-----------|
C G/B D E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----1-----------|
D|----------------|--0-4-----------|--2-------------|
A|3---2-0---0-2---|0---------------|2---------------|
E|--------3-------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C7/E 0-3-2-3-1-x
F/A x-0-3-2-1-x
C/E 0-3-2-0-1-x
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
Eb-5 x-6-7-8-8-x
AmM7 x-0-2-1-1-0
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
Am/F x-x-3-2-1-0
AmM7/F x-x-3-1-1-0
Am7/F x-x-3-0-1-0
Am/D x-x-0-2-1-0
AmM7/D x-x-0-1-1-0
Am7/D x-x-0-0-1-0
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Fadd#11 1-3-3-2-0-x
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CHRISTMAS INTRO
| Am Em7 F C/G |
| F G C C7/E |
| Am Em F C |
| F/A C/E G |
INTRO
| Am F | G Em |
| Am F | G Em |
VERSE
Am F
Every night
G Em
In Jungletown
Am C G D5 E
All the boogies in the street
Am F
Radios
G Em
Turned up very loud
F
Playin' Dancing Queen
Eb Bb F C
They love our music
INTERLUDE
Am F G
La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la
D5 E
La, la, la, la
Am F G
La, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la
D5 E
La, la, la, la
VERSE
Am F G Em
This English girl from the North somewhere
Am C G D5 E
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
Am F G
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
G Eb-5
Go back to your own miserable country
CHORUS
Am AmM7 Am7 AmM7
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
Am/F AmM7/F Am7/F AmM7/F
Oh, the boys on the beach are still blowin'
Am/D AmM7/D Am7/D AmM7/D
And the summer wind still kicks the clouds around
RIFF
| C G/B | A | C G | F |
| C G/B | D | E |
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
| Am F | G Em |
You could feel it This time ...
| Am F | G Eb-5 |
You could feel it
CHORUS
Am AmM7 Am7 AmM7
It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
Am/F AmM7/F Am7/F AmM7/F
The stores are open all the time
Am/D AmM7/D Am7/D AmM7/D
And little kids on skateboards cut in and out of the crowd
INTERLUDE
| Am F | G Em |
And the Christmas lights still shine
| Am F | G Em |
VERSE
Am F G
Myself, I don't like to drink the way
Em
I used to, man, you know
Am C G D5 E
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
Am F G
Don't talk to me about the planes
Em
Man, I've heard it
Am F G D5 E
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
Am/F AmM7/F | Am7/F AmM7/F |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
Am/D AmM7/D | Am7/D AmM7/D |
It's Christmas in Cape Town
RIFF
| C G/B | A | C G | F |
| C G/B | D | E |
CHRISTMAS OUTRO
| Am Em7 F C/G |
| F G C C7/E |
| Am Em F C |
| F/A G C |
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