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Shanghaid In Shanghai Chords by Nazareth

Shanghaid In Shanghai chords by Nazareth

Guitar chords with lyrics

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
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  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)

Nazareth chords for Shanghaid in shanghai

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