Capo
4
Difficulty
Beginner
Rate for accuracy
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NOTE:
No need to play the whole D chord; just do a walk down from the G to the Em7 and hit the F# bsss note
on the E, second fret.
🎸 Intro:
G D Em7 C G
🎸 Verse 1:
G D C G
Sundown and the bells are warning
D Em7 C
Did I miss the mailman again?
G D C G
No-o, he had nothing for me
D C
And nobody called today
G D C
And no one knows what to say
G D Em7
Black sun is beating down
C G
On Chinatown
G D Em7 C G
🎸 Verse 2:
G D C G
All-l of the sweetest flowers
G D Em7 C
They grow up on the sunny side
G D Em7 C G
But down here, it's the darkest hour
D C
And we run the other way
G C
And midnight to yesterday
G D Em7
And we're always upside down
C G
In Chinatown
G D Em7 C G
🎸 Verse 3:
G D C G
Oh-h, though I tried to manage
D Em7 C
You don't understand my mind
G D C G
Our love used to speak in Spanish
D C
There's a poison in the air
G D C
And fever's everywhere
G D Em7
Bad haze that hangs around
C G
In Chinatown
🎸 Outro:
G D Em7
Baa-d haze that hangs around.
C G
In Chinatown
Video/Audio
Song History
Published: May 16, 2022
Last Updated: February 4, 2026