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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)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025