From Rochdale to Ocho Rios by 10cc
[Intro]
G C C G G C C G B
[Chorus 1]
E F#m
From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
B7 E
From Ocho Rios to Dorking
C#m F#m
From Dorking it’s back to Rochdale
B7 E
From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
E F#m
You spend half your life in transit
B7 E
But that's just the way God plans it
C#m F#m
Pack a shirt and some fresh pyjamas
B7 E
That's all you need
[Bridge]
C#m G#m
Tried to get a flight out to San Juan
F#m
But Air Jamaica don't fly on Sunday
C#m G#m
Gotta get a flight out to San Juan
F#m B
Because I wanna see the Mama and the Papa
[Verse 1]
G C
When I look into your blue eyes
C G
I bend the truth but I never tell you lies
G C
I need my lover, I need your care
C B
Understandings not enough to make it fair
[Chorus 2]
E F#m
From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
B7 E
From Ocho Rios to Dorking
C#m F#m
From Dorking it’s back to Rochdale
B7 E
From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
E F#m
Asleep in a stream of sunlight
B7 E
Awake in a dream at midnight
C#m F#m
I'm rushing to wait for jumbo
B7 E
Oh where am I now
[Bridge]
C#m G#m
Tried to get a flight out to San Juan
F#m
But Air Jamaica don't fly on Sunday
C#m G#m
Gotta get a flight out to San Juan
F#m B
Because I wanna see the Mama and the Papa
[Verse 2]
G C
A dressing room so far from home
G
A corridor with a broken telephone
G C
I wanna call but I got to go
G B
The curtains up and it's time to do the show... Show time!
[Rock feel]
E
I just got in to the city
E
Yeah, it's so insane
E
But the man with the suitcase
E B C C# D
is on the road again
[Steel drum Instrumental]
|G |Am |D |G |
|Em |Am |D |G |
|G |Am |D |G |
|Em |Am |D |G |
[Bridge]
Em Bm
Tried to get a flight out to San Juan
Am
But Air Jamaica don't fly on Sunday
Em Bm
Gotta get a flight out to San Juan
Bm D
Because I wanna see the Mama and the Papa
[Chorus 1]
G C
Asleep in a stream of sunlight
D7 G
Awake in a dream at midnight
Em Am
I'm rushing to wait for jumbo
D7 G
Oh where am I now
G C
You spend half your life in transit
D7 G
But that's just the way God plans it
Em Am
Pack a shirt and some fresh pyjamas
D7 G
That's all you need. Everybody sing!
[Outro]
G C
From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
D7 G
From Ocho Rios to Dorking
Em Am
From Dorking it’s back to Rochdale
D7 G
From Rochdale to Ocho Rios