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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
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
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
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
Written by Mel Tillis/Marijohn Wilkin
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