Shanghied chords by Burl Ives

Chords with lyrics

Shanghied:Burl Ives.
Flip side of 'A little Bitty Tear'
on DECCA Records in 1961.

INTRO: C majorC A augmentedA

#1.
 D MajorD                 G+G
I played around in Chinatown, just a-passin'
   D MajorD     G+G       D MajorD
time away..when Black Jack Red hit me in the head.
     G+G       D MajorD     G+G
And when I woke up next day, I was many miles
 D MajorD  Am7Am7 D MajorD A augmentedA
away.

CHORUS:
   D MajorD
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter.
   D MajorD
I was shanghied eatin' beans and taters.
   D MajorD
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter.
   G+G         D MajorD   G+G
And I wanna get back to shore, back to the Gold
   D MajorD
Coast shore.

#2.
D MajorD                   G+G
They throwed me off in old Hong Kong, put me on
  D MajorD
my own.
   G+G      D MajorD      G+G
Not a penny in my pocket, ten thousand miles from
D MajorD       G+G          D MajorD  Am7Am7 D MajorD A augmentedA
home..that's a mighty long way from home.

CHORUS:
   D MajorD
I was shanghied in old Hong Kong.
   D MajorD
I was shanghied, I was all alone.
   D MajorD
I was shanghied, wanna get back home.
G+G           D MajorD   G+G
Back to the Gold Coast shore, back to the Gold
   D MajorD
Coast shore.

#3.
D MajorD                     G+G
I worked for grub on an old Dutch tub, and wound up
   D MajorD
in L.A.
    G+G             D MajorD
When a pretty little girl took me on a whirl and
    G+G      D MajorD     G+G       D MajorD Am7Am7 D MajorD A augmentedA
when I woke up next day, when I woke up next day.

CHORUS:
   D MajorD
I was shanghied for the rest of my life.
   D MajorD
I was shanghied, but that's all right.
   D MajorD
I was shanghied, got a pretty little wife.
    G+G           D MajorD   G+G
And I'm never leavin' home no more, never leavin'
    D MajorD
home no more.

OUTRO:
G+G           D MajorD  Am7Am7 D MajorD A..Am7 D MajorD A augmentedA
Never leavin' home no more.


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.