Shanghaid In Shanghai chords by Nazareth

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Dm G C

Verse 1:
G            F
Standing on a corner in downtown L.A.
C           G  Dm
Waiting for the man to come along
G              F
She comes up to me and says "Too bad, too sad"
C                G
You know that he's been dead and gone.
C

 L.A. lady, kinda shady
  Dm
She picked him up and took him home
G          F
I woke up groggy my sight was smoggy
C               G
 And I knew that it had been blown

Verse 2:
G          F
Early in the morning sitting in a hotel
C                 G
Moscow's looking fine through the wine
G      F
Spaced out I crashed out
     C         G
When the K.G.B. came on the line.
C
 It's a cold one, bein' sent down
   Dm
It's gotta be fifty below
G             F
Mama here's a postcard to let you know
     C            G
I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal

Interlude:
F C G
F C G

Chorus:
F       C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
F      C
Stood on in Tucson
G                  C   F C
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed

Verse 3:
G               F
Flyin' across the desert from Texas to Tucson
C           G
But we're headed for a southern star
           F
The captain says it's fine in Havana
   C           G
This dude behind me needs a cigar.
C
He's a big one, he's got a big gun
G
I guess we better go along
          F
Mister we've got a gig in Arizona
    C           G
Second billing to the rolling stones

Interlude:
F C G
F C G

Chorus:
F       C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
F      C
Stood on in Tucson
G                  C   F C
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed

Chorus:
F       C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
F      C
Laid low in 'Frisco
G              C
Done in and left behind for dead

Interlude:
F C G
F C G C
F C F C G

Outro:
F  C
Ooh Hoo
C       G
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
C      G
Laid low in 'Frisco
G              C
Done in and left behind for dead

(repeat and fade)