China Girl tab by John Cougar Mellencamp

Tabs

Song: China Girl
Artist: John (At the time) Cougar Melloncamp
Album: American Fool

Intro: Palm strum A augmentedA
 A augmentedA pm---------------|A augmentedA pm-------------------|
 Riff A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------2---2-----|-2---------------------|
BB|---2--5--2---2--5--|-2--5--2--5--2-(2)-----|
G+G|---2--2---------2--|----2--2--2--2-(2)-----|
D MajorD|-------------------|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-----------------|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-----------------------|

A augmentedA              F# minorF#m
China girl, I met you on the sea sand.
            D MajorD
You touched me with your cool hand.
           A augmentedA
Your perfume's in the wind.

A augmentedA                F# minorF#m
China girl, your daddy tells you white lies
           D MajorD
To keep you from my blue eyes.
         A augmentedA
To know me is no sin.

CHORUS:
  F# minorF#m           A augmentedA
And I won't break you, China girl,
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
If you take me into your world.
F# minorF#m           D MajorD
It's been my good fortune to find you,
A augmentedA
China girl.

Stolen flowers are sweetest in the mornin'.
The Eastern sun is dawnin'.
Your silk's against my skin.

China girl, take me to your jasmine place.
Cool me with your subtle grace.
To know me is no sin.

CHORUS
And I won't break you, China girl,
If you take me into your world.
It's been my good fortune to find you,
China girl.

Interlude: w/Riff A augmentedA
             1/2 bend
E MajorE|-----5-2--(2)------|-----------------------|
BB|-2-2---------------|-----------------------|
G+G|-------------------|--4/-(4)2-4------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------4-(4)-----| x3
A augmentedA|-------------------|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-----------------------|

1/2 bend
E MajorE|-----5-2--(2)------|---4/(4)---2---2-------|-------------|
BB|-2-2---------------|-------------5---------|-------------|
G+G|-------------------|-----------------------|-4-4-2-4-----|
D MajorD|-------------------|-----------------------|----------4--|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------|

And I won't break you, China girl,
If you take me into your world.
It's been my good fortune E MajorE|--/5-4-2-2-0-0-0 find you,
China girl.
If you take me into your world.
It's been my good fortune to find you,
China girl.

Outro: W/ Riff A augmentedA
             sl
E MajorE|-----5-2--(2)------|-----------------------|
BB|-2-2---------------|---------5-------------|
G+G|-------------------|--4/-6------6--(6)-----|
D MajorD|-------------------|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-----------------------|

1/2 bend
E MajorE|-----5-2--(2)------|-----------------------|
BB|-2-2---------------|-----------------------|
G+G|-------------------|--4/-(4)2-4------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------4-(4)-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-----------------------|

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