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