Poor Man's Shangri-la

Poor Man's Shangri-la easy guitar chords by Ry Cooder

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • Asus4

  • D

  • Em

  • A

  • E

  • B

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • C

  • Gaug

  • G

  • Asus4

  • D

  • Em

  • A

  • E

  • B

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • C

  • Gaug

  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Tell 
    you 

    'bout 
    friend 
    of mine 
    that you 
    don't 
    know 

    He 
    lives 
    way 
    up a road 

    that's 
    lost 
    in time 

    Don't 
    know his 
    name 

    or where he's 
    coming 
    from 

    Only 
    thing 
    you 
    know 

    He's 
    real 
    gone 
    cat, 

    this friend 
    of 
    mine 

    Verse 2
    He 
    don't 
    have 
    no up
    town 

    friends 
    that 
    drive 
    a Ca
    dillac 

    But 
    he's 
    got 
    cool 
    threads 

    and 
    a beat 
    up car 

    All 
    his 
    downtown 
    friends 
    like 
    me, 

    ride 
    around 
    in the 
    back 

    Cause 
    he's 
    real 
    cool 
    cat 

    Yeah, 
    he's 
    real 
    gone 
    cat, 

    this 
    friend 
    of mine 

    Verse 3
    La 
    Loma 
    boys 
    will run 
    with 
    you 

    Do anything 
    that 
    you want 
    'em to 

    And 
    if you need 
    a friend 
    'cause 

    you're feeling 
    blue 

    Verse 4
    Palo 
    Verde 
    girls 
    never 
    let 
    you down 

    Na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, na 

    Liv
    ing 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 
    La 

    Na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na 

    Liv
    ing 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 
    La 

    Firme 
    Verse 5
    guys 

    in 
    their firme 
    cars 

    Underneath 
    the moon 
    and stars 

    The 
    city 
    light
    way 
    down 

    be
    low 

    Verse 6
    What's 
    that sound? 
    What's 

    that 
    light? 

    Streaking 
    down 
    through 
    the 
    night 

    What's 
    it mean? 
    It's 
    red 

    cloud 
    over 
    Chavez 
    Rav
    ine 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 7
    Orale, UFO, come 
    gliding 
    low 

    Se 
    cay
    o, 
    up 
    Chavez 
    road 

    Space 
    vato, square 
    cat 

    Say, 
    "Caramba, 
    partners, 

    where's 
    the 
    party 

    at?" 

    I heard 
    about 
    Verse 8

    the cool 
    jerk 
    and 
    the 
    alligator 

    And 
    heard 
    about 
    Tokay 
    Wine, 

    Mary 
    Jane, 
    and 
    lil' 
    Julian 
    Her
    rera 

    wanna 
    learn 
    to dance, 
    make 
    romance 

    These 
    La 
    Bishop 
    girls 
    might 

    Verse 9
    take 
    a chance 


    My 
    friend 
    say, 
    "No, 
    be 
    cool, 
    bro' 

    If 
    you 
    want 
    to dance 
    slow 

    Learn 
    to 
    ask 
    a mi 
    hermana 
    con 

    respeto" 

    Verse 10
    UFO's got 
    a radi

    Lil' 
    Julian 
    singing 
    soft 
    and 
    low 

    Los 
    Ange
    les 
    down 
    below 

    DJ 
    say, 
    we 
    got 
    to 
    go, 
    where? 

    To 
    El 
    Monte, 
    El 
    Mon
    te, 
    El 
    Monte, 

    pa 
    El 
    Monte 

    Interlude 2


    Na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    Verse 11
    na, 
    na 

    Livin' 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 
    La 

    Na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na 

    Livin' 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 
    La 

    Na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    Verse 12
    na, 
    na 

    Liv
    in' 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 
    La 

    Na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na 

    Livin' 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 
    La 

    Interlude 3


    Verse 13
    El 
    Mon
    te, 
    El 
    Monte 

    Come 
    El 
    Monte, 

    come 
    on, 
    pa 
    El 
    Monte 

    Oh, 
    the 
    UFO got 
    radi

    Verse 14
    Na, 
    na, na, 
    na, 
    na 

    Liv
    in' 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 
    La 

    Na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na, 
    na 

    Livin' 
    in 
    poor 
    man's 
    Shangri- 

    Outro 1
    La 







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