Burl Ives

Shanghied(Chords)

Burl Ives

Key: C

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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  

 
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
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
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 A sixties smash from Kraziekhat

Written by Mel Tillis/Marijohn Wilkin

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