Shanghaied chords by Mel Tillis
Verse 1
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D
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I played
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around in Chinatown,
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passin' time away
G
When blackjack red hit
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me in the head
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D
And when I woke up next day
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D
I was many miles away
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I was shanghai 'ed on an ocean freighter
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I was shanghai 'ed eat
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in' beans and taters
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I was shanghai 'ed on an ocean
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And I want to get back to shore,
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back to the go -go shore
They throwed me off in old Hong Kong
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And put me on my own
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Not a penny in my pockets
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Eb
Ten thousand miles from home
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Eb
And that's a mighty long way from home
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Eb
I was shanghai in old hong kong,
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Ab
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I was shanghai, I was all alone,
was shanghai,
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I wanna get back home,
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back to the go -ko shore,
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back to the go -ko shore
Well, I worked for my grub
on an old Dutch tub
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And I wound up in L .A.
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Where a pretty little girl
E
took me on a whirl
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E
And when I woke up next day
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When I woke up next day
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I was Shanghai'd for the rest of my life
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I was Shanghai'd but that's alright
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I'm a shanghai.
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I got a pretty little wife,
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and I'm never leaving home no more
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I'm never leaving home no more
Shanghaied
Mel Tillis
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