Shanghai'd in Shanghai Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][G][Bb][C]
[G]Standing

[Verse 1]
on a corner
in down[F]town L.A.
[C]Waiting for the man [G]to come along
She comes up to me and says [F]" Too bad,
too sad"
You [C]know that he's been
dead and gone.
[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
L.A. lady, kinda shady
She [D]picked him up and took him home

[Verse 3]
I [G]woke up groggy [F]my sight was smoggy
And I [C]knew that it had been blown
[G]

[Verse 4]
Early in the morning sit[F]ting in a hotel
[C]Mo scow's looking fine through the [G]wine
[Dm]Spac[G]ed out I crash[F]ed out
When the [C]K.G.B. came on the line.
[G]

[Verse 5]
[C]
It's a cold one, bein' sent down
It's [D]gotta be fifty below

[Verse 6]
[G]Mama here's a postcard to [F]let you know
I'm in [C]a salt mine and looking

[Interlude 1]
for coal
[G][F][C][G]

[Verse 7]
[G]Shanghai'd in [F]Sha[C]ngh[F]ai[C]
[F]Stood on in Tuc[C]son[G]
Ripped off and kicked right
out the bed
[C][Bb][F]

[Verse 8]
[C]
[G]Flyin' across the desert
from [F]Texas to Tucson
[C]But we're headed for [G]a southern star
The captain says it's [F]fine in Havana
This [C]dude behind me needs
a cigar.
[G]

[Verse 9]
[C]
He's a big one, he's got a big gun
[D]I guess we better go along

[Verse 10]
[G]Mister we've got a [F]gig in Arizona
Second billing [C]to the rolling stones
[G][Bb][G][Bb][G]

[Verse 11]
[F]
Shanghai'd in [C]Shanghai
[F]Stood on in [C]Tucson[G]
Ripped off and kicked right out the [C]bed[Bb]
[F]Sha[C]nghai'd in Shanghai[F]
Laid low in [C]'Frisco[G]

[Outro 1]
Done in and left behind for dead
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