House Of Bamboo Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays535

House Of Bamboo by Vaughn Monroe is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G, Em7, G/B, D6, D, Gdim, A7, C and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
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  			A           G         A 
Number fifty-four 
    A               G             Em7  A 
The house with the bamboo door 
A       G       Em7          A       G      
Bamboo roof and bamboo walls 
Em7     A          G        Em7    A 
They've even got a bamboo floor 
         Em7     A  G/B  A     D6  D   Gdim D 
You must get to know     Soho Joe 
           Em7    A  G/B A7 
He runs an Expresso 
           D         C  D 
Called the House of Bamboo 
       Em7       A    G/B  A7 
It's a made of sticks. 
 D6        Dalt    Gdim D 
Sticks and bricks 
            Em7       A    G/B  A7 
But you can get your kicks 
        D           C        D 
In the house of bamboo 
    A7  Em7  G/B  A7  Em7     A7      Em7 A7 
In this     casino,    you can drink a chi no 
D   A7   G  D   Bm7      A7       G    D 
And it's gotcha swingin' to the cha cha 
A7    Em7      G/B  A7 Em7 A7      Em7 A7 
Dance the    bolero    in     a    sombrero 
D    A7   G       D 
Shake    like a snake 
A7  Em7   G/B  A7  Em7     A7       Em7   A7 
You wanna drop in when the cats are    hoppin' 
D   A7   G    D   Bm7    A7     G    D 
Let your two feet move a to the big beat 
A7       Em7   G/B A7      Em7    A7   Em7   A7 
Pick yourself a kitten and listen to a    platter  
      D    A7      G     D 
That rocks    the juke-box 
      Em7     A   G/B  A7  D6             D    Gdim D 
I'm a telling you,         when you're blue 
              Em7     A   G/B  A7 
Well there's a lot to do 
        D       C              D 
In the House Of Bamboo 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante