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[Verse 1] [G]I played around in Chinatown, [C]passin' the time away [G]When [C]blackjack red hit [G]me on the head, when [C]I woke up next d[G]ay I was [C]many miles [G]away I was shanghaied on an ocean freighter, I was shanghaied and I ain't no sailor I was Shanghai on an ocean freighter, I [C]want to get back to [G]shore, [C]back to the Gulf Coast [G]shore. They threw me off in old Hong Kong and [C]put me on my [G]own, not a [C]penny in my [G]pocket, ten [C]thousand miles from [G]home. And that's a [C]mighty long way from [G]home. Ž I was shanghaied on an ocean freighter Ž I was shanghaied and I ain't no sailor Ž I was shanghaied on an ocean freighter Ž I [C]wanna get back to [G]shore Ž [C]Back to the Gold Coast [G]shore Ž Pick it [C]baby! [G]Ž[C][G] I worked for grub on an old dutch tub and [C]wound up in L [G].A. When a [C]pretty little girl took [G]me on a whirl, [C]when I woke up next [G]day, when [C]I woke up n[G]ext day. I was shanghaied for the rest of my life, I was shanghaied, but that's alright, I was shanghaied. Got a pretty little wife and nev [C]er leaving home no [G]more Nev[C]er leaving home no [G]more Shake my hand, shake my hand, shake my hand Shake hand, shake my hand, shake my hand
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