Shore Leave chords by
John Hammond
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Key: Bb minor

Verse 1
G#m G#m 
 
Well with buck shot
eyes and a purple heart
I rolled down the national stroll
C#m C#m 
 
And with a     big fat paycheck
Strapped to my hip sack
G#m G#m 
 
And a shore leave wristwatch underneath
My sleeve
D#m D#m 
 
C#m C#m 
 
In a Hong Kong  drizzle on Cuban heels
G#m G#m 
 
I rowed down  the gutter to the Blood Bank
And I'd left all my papers
on the Ticonderoga
And was in a bad need of a shave
C#m C#m 
 
And so I slopped at the corner
on cold chow mein
G#m G#m 
 
An    d shot billards with a midget
Until the rain stopped
D#m D#m 
 
And I bought a long sleeved shirt
C#m C#m 
 
With horses on the front
G#m G#m 
 
And some gum and a lighter and a knife
And a new deck of cards
(with girls on the back)
And I sat down and wrote a
letter to my wife

Verse 2
C#m C#m 
 
And I said Baby,
G#m G#m 
 
I'm so far away from home
D#m D#m 
 
And I miss my Baby so
C#m C#m 
 
I can't make it by myself
I love you so
G#m G#m 
 

Verse 3
Well I was pacing myself
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
Trying to make it all last
Squeezing all the life
Out of a lousy two day pass
C#m C#m 
 
And I had a     cold one
at the Dragon
G#m G#m 
 
With some Filipino floor show
C#m C#m 
 
And talked baseball with a lieutenant
D#m D#m 
 
Over a Singapore  sling
C#m C#m 
 
And I wondered how   the same
G#m G#m 
 
moon outside
Over this Chinatown fair
Could look down on Illinois
And find you there
And you know I love you Baby

Verse 4
C#m C#m 
 
And I'm so    far away from home
G#m G#m 
 
And I miss     my Baby so
D#m D#m 
 
C#m C#m 
 
I can't make  it by myself
I love you so
G#m G#m 
 
C#m C#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 

Verse 5

Shore Leave.

C#m

Shore Leave.

Outro 1

C#m

G#m

D#m

C#m

G#m

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