On A Slow Boat To China Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A]
[D]

[Verse 1]
Hey, nice piano [D]playin', Manilla
Thank [A]you, Miss M
[D]Whatcha doin' these days?
Makin' [G]record[D]s
[A]Really?

[Verse 2]
[A]
[D]Yes, really
Do you still play [G]piano [D]for people?[A]
[D]Well, depends on who
[A]Hmm,

[Verse 3]
[D]I'm gonna [B]get you
On a [Em]slow boat to [C#]China
[D]All to mysel[F#]f alo[Bbaug]ne
[G][B][Ebdim]

[Verse 4]
[Em]Get you and [C#]keep you
In my [F#m]arm s [F#]ever m[Bbaug]ore[Bm][B]
[D]Leave all the others
Waitin' on a faraway shore
[B][G][D]

[Verse 5]
Out [B]on the [Ebdim]briny
Where [D]the [Em]moon's
Big and [C#]shiny
[D]Meltin' your hea[F#]rt of sto[G]ne[B]

[Verse 6]
[G]I'm gonna get you[Gm]
On a [D]slow [A]boa[C]t to Chi[B]na
[E]All to [Em]myself [A]alon[D]e

[Verse 7]
Bette, [D]I didn't know
You felt that way about me
I don't, I need a [B]piano player
[D]Ah, just like the [A]old [D]days
You're not gonna change keys
On me are [G]yah? [D]Uh [A]huh[Eb], oh
I'm [Cm]gonna get

[Verse 8]
[C]you
(You're never gonna [Fm]get me)
On a slow boat to [D]China
(Not in a fast or [Gm]slow [Eb]boat at any crick)
All to my[G]self alone
(I just get [Ab]motion sick)

[Verse 9]
I'm gonna make you [Db]mine
(Ha, you'll have to [C]stand [Fm]in line)
Get you and [F#dim]keep you[D]
In my [Eb]band [Baug]ever mo[Db]re[Gm]
[C](Now there's a [F]new attack)
Leave [Eb]all [F]the

[Verse 10]
oth[Cm]ers on [F]the shore
[Bb](For me they'd swim [Db]to China[D])
(To China [B]and back)
Out [Db]on t[B]he briny

[Verse 11]
[C#]
(I wouldn't like the [F#m]ocean)
Where the moon's big and [D#]shiny
(Not even in [G#m]a rowboat)
Melting [E]your

[Verse 12]
[G#]heart of stone
Come [A]on what do yah say?
[C#](You a[C#sus4]lways get y[C#]our way)[A]

[Verse 13]
I'm gonna [A]get [Am]you
On a [E]slow [D]boat to [C#sus4]Chin a[C#]
[F#m]All to myself a[B]lone,
[E]to [Eb]gethe[D]r[C#][F#m]
All to my[Bdim]self al[B]one

[Outro 1]
[E][A][C#m][E][D#][E]