George Harrison

Hong Kong Blues(Chords)

George Harrison

Key: C#m

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	        Intro: C#m (6x)  G#7  C#m 

Part 1 
         C#m   C#m7                  C#m6   A/C# 
It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man 
         C#m            G#7       C#m 
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong. 
        C#m    C#m7                  C#m6     A/C# 
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him 
        G#7                 C#m 
When he kicked old Buddha's gong 

Part 2 
             B                         E 
And now he's popping the piano just to raise the price 
     C#m                       Amaj7  G#7 
Of a ticket to the land of the free 
         E 
Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice 
         B7               E   G#7             C#m 
But it's really in Tennessee,   that's why he said: 

G# C#m I need someone to love me G#7 C#m C#m/B Amaj7 G#7 C#m E6 I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco A B E G#7 And bury my body there
Part 3 C#m C#m6 C#m I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then C#m/B A7 G#7 C#m E6 A B E A E I'll leave Hong Kong behind me for happiness once again Part 4 A A#dim7 Won't somebody believe E E7 I've a yen to see that bay again A A#dim7 Every time I try to leave E G#7 Sweet opium won't let me fly away
C#m I need someone to love me G#7 C#m C#m/B A7 G#7 E I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco A B E And bury my body there
Outro: C#m (6x) G#7 C#m C#m C#m7 C#m6 A/C# That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man C#m G#7 C#m Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong. C#m7 C#m6 A/C# He got twenty years privilege taken away from him G#7 C#m When he kicked old Buddha's gong

Written by Hoagy Carmichael/Paul Francis Webster

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