Shanghied

Intro: C A  

#1  
  D                                  G 
I played around in Chinatown, just a-passin'  
      D         G              D 
time away  when Black Jack Red hit me in the head  
         G              D          G 
And when I woke up next day, I was many miles  
 D    Am7 D A 
away  

 

[Refrão]
      D 
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter  
      D 
I was shanghied eatin' beans and taters  
      D 
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter  
      G                 D      G 
And I wanna get back to shore, back to the Gold  
      D 
Coast shore  

#2  
D                                     G 
They throwed me off in old Hong Kong, put me on  
   D 
my own  
      G           D           G 
Not a penny in my pocket, ten thousand miles from  
D              G                    D   Am7 D A 
home  that's a mighty long way from home  



[Refrão]
      D 
I was shanghied in old Hong Kong  
      D 
I was shanghied, I was all alone  
      D 
I was shanghied, wanna get back home  
G                      D      G 
Back to the Gold Coast shore, back to the Gold  
      D 
Coast shore  

#3  
D                                          G 
I worked for grub on an old Dutch tub, and wound up  
     D 
in L A  
       G                          D 
When a pretty little girl took me on a whirl and  
       G            D         G              D  Am7 D A 
when I woke up next day, when I woke up next day  


[Refrão]
      D 
I was shanghied for the rest of my life  
      D 
I was shanghied, but that's all right  
      D 
I was shanghied, got a pretty little wife  
        G                     D     G 
And I'm never leavin' home no more, never leavin'  
        D 
home no more  

OUTRO: 
G                     D    Am7 D A  Am7 D A 
Never leavin' home no more  



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