On A Slow Boat To China chords by Rosemary Clooney

SimplifiedG · C · F#m · F · Dm …

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G
C
F#m
F
Dm
A
D
Fdim
Em
E
Asus4
B
F#
Am
Gm
C#
C#aug

Verse 1
G 
Bette: "Hey, nice piano
playin', Manilla."
Barry: "Thank you,
C 
F#m 
F 
Dm 
A 
Miss M."
Bette: "Whatcha doin'
these days?"
D 
F 
Barry: "Makin' records."
A 
Bette: "Really?"
Barry: "Yes, really."
F#m 
Fdim 
Em 
Bette: "Do you still play pi
A 
ano for people?"
D 
E 
A 
Asus4 
Barry: "Well, depends  on who."
A 
Asus4 
A 

Verse 2
D 
B 
Bette: Hmmm, I'm gonna get you
Em 
F 
on a slow boat to China,
D 
F#m 
B 
E 
B 
all to myself  alone;
E 
Fdim 
F#m 
Get you and keep   you in my
B 
E 
arms evermore;
Leave all the others
waitin' on a faraway shore.
B 
Bette

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Verse 3

& Barry: Out on the briny

where the moon's big and shiny,

melting your heart of stone.

I'm gonna get you

on a slow boat to China,

all to myself alone.

Verse 4
Em 
D 
Barry: "Bette, I didn't know you felt
that way about me."
C 
Bette: "I don't. I need a piano
Dm 
player."
C 
Barry: "Ahh, just like the old
Am 
days!"
G 
A 
Bette: "You're not gonna change keys
on me, are ya?"
Barry: "Unh Huh."
Bette: "Ohhh!" Bette: I'm
D 
gonna  get you
Barry: You're never
A 
B 
gonna get me.
Em 
Bette: on a slow boat to China
Fdim 
Barry: Not in a fast or slow
D 
boat to any crick.
F# 
Bette: all to myself alone;
G 
Barry: I just get motion sick
Em 
Bette: I'm gonna make
you mine.
Fdim 
Barry: Ha, you'll have to
F 
C 
Em 
stand in line.
Fdim 
Bette: Get you and keep you
F# 
in my band evermore;
C 
Barry: Now there's a
B 
E 
new attack.
Bette: Leave all the others
on the shore.
B 
E 
Barry: For me they'd swim to China,
G 
to China and back.
A 
Bette: Out on the briny

Verse 5
D 
F# 
B 
Barry: I wouldn't like the ocean,
Em 
Fdim 
Bette: where the moon's big and shiny,
D 
Barry: not even in a rowboat.
F# 
Bette: melting your heart
G 
of stone.
Em 
Fdim 
Come on, what do you
F 
Em 
say?
Barry: Ha ha, you always get your way.
Gm 
Bette & Barry: I'm gonna get you
D 
B 
on a slow boat to China,
E 
A 
all to myself alone,
C# 
C#aug 
D 
C 
B 
E 
to-
A 
D 
C 
Dm 
C 
G 
E 
ge- ther.
A 
D 
C 
D 
C 
All to myself alone.