Tom: Bm
Bm G A
Bm G A
Bm G A
Bm F#m G A Bm
[Verse 1]
Bm G A
Seven weeks it rained, from June until July
Bm G A
In August we set out for the equator
Bm G A
I sold my red guitar, Joey sold a red-hot car
Bm F#m Bm
We crossed rhe channel hidden in a freighter
G A Bm
We hitched a lift to Lyon in an open Mini-Moke
G F#m
A drunken driver took us to Marseilles
Bm G A
I could say "Bonjour", Joey knew the law
Bm F#m A Bm A
The rest we memorized along the way
[Chorus]
D
Everything we said, everything we'd done
G A D
Every cheque we'd saved, every hand we'd won
G A D G A
We put it all on a place in the sun
D G
Every scheme we'd set, every crooked bet
D A Bm G A Bm G A
We came to find a place in the sun
[Verse 2]
Bm G A
The beggars and the thieves swiftly marked us for a squeeze
Bm G A
We panicked and booked rooms inside a hovel
Bm G A
Hashish in the halls, whisphers through the walls
Bm F#m Bm
We found our hotel doubled as a brothel
A Bm
We heard of work picking fruit down on the coast
A G F#m
We slipped out of the hotel in the night
Bm
When we got off at the beach
A
We had 22 francs each
G F#m
Joey kept the money out of sight
[Chorus]
D
Everything we said, everything we'd done
G A D
Every cheque we'd saved, every hand we'd won
G A D G A
We put it all on a place in the sun
D G
Every scheme we'd set, every crooked bet
D A Bm G A
We came to find a place in the sun
[Instr]
Bm G A
Bm G A
Bm G A
Bm F#m Bm
[Verse 3]
Bm G A
The agency's address was bar in St. Tropez
Bm G A
Between the diet doctor and the bakers
Bm G A
Hanging from the till was God on a dollar bill
Bm F#m Bm
A doorway led straight to the undertakers
G A Bm
The work they had in mind wasn't oranges or grapes
G F#m
A different kind fruit to be exported
Bm G A
Joey thought it wise to check the merchandise
Bm F#m A Bm A
We did, they ran, we ended up deported!
[Chorus]
D
Everything we said, everything we'd done
G A D
Every cheque we'd saved, every hand we'd won
G A D G A
We put it all on a place in the sun
D G
Every scheme we'd set, every crooked bet
D A Bm
We came to find a place in the sun
[Outro]
G A Bm
Oh a place in the sun
G A Bm
Oh a place in the sun
G A Bm
Oh a place in the sun
