Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: E “Slow Boat To China” by John Prine, Bobby Whitlock, and Linda Whitlock Introduction: E Verse: E Let's take a slow boat to China, E leave from South Carolina E Let's take our time and go the long way E On a junk boat to Thailand E with your hand in mine hand E Well, I sure hope we got something to say A This old boat's got no sail A E so won't you please hold our mail for awhile A Thanks anyway, pal, but the Suez Canal B7 Ain't our style
Verse: E Let's take a slow boat to China E and maybe we'll find a E New way to play those same old games E The stars just might show us E and the captain will know us E Shake our hands and call us by our first names A We'll send a postcard to grandpa A E of a vase or rickshaw, he don't care A We'll buy mom a kimono A or maybe we'll just phone her B7 When we're there Instrumental: E Verse: A We'll drink sake at night A E beneath the soft harbor lights on the bay A We'll build house on the hill A B7 next to Shangri-La Bill, and we'll stay Outro: E Let's take that slow boat to China E Slow boat to China E Slow boat to China E Slow boat to China E Let's go real slow
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