Shore Leave chords by
John Hammond
John Hammond

N/A
Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
Dm
Dm
Well with buck shot
eyes and a purple heart
I rolled down the national stroll
Gm
Gm
And with a big fat paycheck
Strapped to my hip sack
Dm
Dm
And a shore leave wristwatch underneath
My sleeve
Am
Am
Gm
Gm
In a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels
Dm
Dm
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
Gm
Gm
And so I slopped at the corner
on cold chow mein
Dm
Dm
An d shot billards with a midget
Until the rain stopped
Am
Am
And I bought a long sleeved shirt
Gm
Gm
With horses on the front
Dm
Dm
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
Gm
Gm
And I said Baby,
Dm
Dm
I'm so far away from home
Am
Am
And I miss my Baby so
Gm
Gm
I can't make it by myself
I love you so
Dm
Dm
Verse 3
Well I was pacing myself
F
F
Dm
Dm
Trying to make it all last
Squeezing all the life
Out of a lousy two day pass
Gm
Gm
And I had a cold one
at the Dragon
Dm
Dm
With some Filipino floor show
Gm
Gm
And talked baseball with a lieutenant
Am
Am
Over a Singapore sling
Gm
Gm
And I wondered how the same
Dm
Dm
moon outside
Over this Chinatown fair
Could look down on Illinois
And find you there
And you know I love you Baby
Verse 4
Gm
Gm
And I'm so far away from home
Dm
Dm
And I miss my Baby so
Am
Am
Gm
Gm
I can't make it by myself
I love you so
Dm
Dm
Gm
Gm
Dm
Dm
Verse 5
Shore Leave.
Gm
Gm
Shore Leave.
Outro 1
Gm
Gm
Dm
Dm
G
G
Dm
Dm
Am
Am
Gm
Gm
Dm
Dm
G
G
Dm
Dm

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