Bamboo Road chords by Willy DeVille

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Intro 1
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 (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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I wake up  (G major) in the morn

Verse 1
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 (A major) ing
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And I'll work 'till  (D major) night
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My skin has turned  (A major) brown
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From that sun so  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) bright
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All night I'm tossing and  (A major) turning
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'Cause my dreams are so  (D major) strong
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And my  (A major) hands they callous
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'Cause my working day's too long  (D major)  (G major) 

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Verse 2

Up on Bamboo Road

Yes you're sweeter than a sugar cane

Up on Bamboo Road

Verse 3
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We walk out  (G major) to the cane  (A major) fields
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All thirty- five  (D major) men
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At  (G major)  (D major) 12 o'clock they give
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us wa (A major) ter
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And we stagger back again  (D major) 
4 o'clock the sun gets higher
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 (A major) I hear that screen door slam  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
See you in the big house kitchen window
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 (A major) From the cane fields I'm  (D major) in  (G major) 

Verse 4
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 (D major) Up on Bamboo Road
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Up on Bamboo Road  (A major) 
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Yes you're sweeter  (B minor) than
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a sugar  (A major) cane  (G major) 
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Sweeter  (B minor) than that sug (A major) ar cane  (G major) 
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Sweeter  (D major) than sug (A major) ar cane
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Up on Bamboo Road  (A major) 

Interlude 1
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I want to  (G major) hold you

Verse 5

close cher

I can only see you when I can

All day I cut that pure cane sugar

But I'm still a starving man

Verse 6
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Up on Bamboo  (D major) Road
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Up on Bamboo  (A major) Road
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Yes you're  (B minor) sweeter than a
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 (A major) sugar cane  (G major) 
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Sweeter  (B minor) than the sugar  (A major) cane  (G major) 
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 (D major) Sweeter  (B minor) than the sug (A major) ar cane  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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Up on Bamboo  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Road