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On A Slow Boat To China chords by
Rosemary Clooney
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Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
G
G

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Bette: "Hey, nice piano

playin', Manilla."

Barry: "Thank you,
C
C

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F#m
F#m
2

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A
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Miss M."

Bette: "Whatcha doin'

these days?"
D
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F
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Barry: "Makin' records."

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Bette: "Really?"

Barry: "Yes, really."
F#m
F#m
2

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Fdim
Fdim
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Em
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Bette: "Do you still play pi
A
A

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ano for people?"
D
D

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A

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Barry: "Well, depends on who."
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A

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Asus4
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A

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Verse 2
D
D

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B
B
2

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Bette: Hmmm, I'm gonna get you
Em
Em

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F
F

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on a slow boat to China,
D
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F#m
F#m
2

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B
B
2

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E
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B
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2

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all to myself alone;
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Fdim
3

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F#m
F#m
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Get you and keep you in my
B
B
2

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E
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arms evermore;

Leave all the others

waitin' on a faraway shore.
B
B
2

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Bette
Verse 3
D
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B
B
2

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& Barry: Out on the briny
Em
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E
E

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where the moon's big and shiny,
D
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F#
F#
2

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Em
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B
B
2

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melting your heart of stone.
G
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I'm gonna get you
C
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on a slow boat to China,
B
B
2

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all to myself alone.
Verse 4
Em
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Barry: "Bette, I didn't know you felt

that way about me."
C
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Bette: "I don't. I need a piano
Dm
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player."
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Barry: "Ahh, just like the old
Am
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days!"
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A
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Bette: "You're not gonna change keys

on me, are ya?"

Barry: "Unh Huh."

Bette: "Ohhh!" Bette: I'm
D
D

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gonna get you

Barry: You're never
A
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B
B
2

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gonna get me.
Em
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Bette: on a slow boat to China
Fdim
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Barry: Not in a fast or slow
D
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boat to any crick.
F#
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2

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Bette: all to myself alone;
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Barry: I just get motion sick
Em
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Bette: I'm gonna make

you mine.
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Barry: Ha, you'll have to
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Em
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stand in line.
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Bette: Get you and keep you
F#
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2

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in my band evermore;
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Barry: Now there's a
B
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2

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E
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new attack.

Bette: Leave all the others

on the shore.
B
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2

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Barry: For me they'd swim to China,
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to China and back.
A
A

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Bette: Out on the briny
Verse 5
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F#
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2

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B
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2

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Barry: I wouldn't like the ocean,

Em
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Bette: where the moon's big and shiny,

D
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Barry: not even in a rowboat.
F#
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2

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Bette: melting your heart
G
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of stone.
Em
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Fdim
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Come on, what do you
F
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Em
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say?

Barry: Ha ha, you always get your way.
Gm
Gm
3

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Bette & Barry: I'm gonna get you
D
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B
B
2

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on a slow boat to China,
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A
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all to myself alone,
C#
C#
4

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C#aug
C#aug
2

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B
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to-
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ge- ther.
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All to myself alone.
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • C

  • F#m

    2

  • F

  • Dm

  • A

  • D

  • Fdim

    3

  • Em

  • E

  • Asus4

  • B

    2

  • F#

    2

  • Am

  • Gm

    3

  • C#

    4

  • C#aug

    2

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of On A Slow Boat To China by Rosemary Clooney is Bb major.

The primary chords used in On A Slow Boat To China are Bb, Eb, Am, Ab, Fm, C.

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