Nazareth

Shanghai'd In Shanghai(Chords)

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	        G                                  F 
Standing on a corner in downtown L.A., 
 C                                G 
waiting for the man to come along. 
                                                     F 
She comes up to me and says, 'too bad, too sad', 
           C                                            G 
you know that he's been dead and gone. 
C                                                D 
L.A. Žlady, kinda shady, she picked him up and took him (home.) 

    G                            F 
I woke up groggy, my sight was smoggy, 
            C                               G 
and I knew that it had been blown. 
                                 F 
Early in the morning, sitting in a hotel, 
   C                                                   G 
Moscow's looking fine through the wine. 
                       F 
Spaced out I crashed out, 
               C                               G 
when the K.G.B. came on my line. 
C                                                             D 
It's a cold one, being sent down, it's gotta be fifty be(low). 

   G                                       F 
Mama, here's a postcard to let you know, 
             C                                     G       F C G       F C 
I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal. 

F                             C          F                      C 
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson. 
G                          G7                          C Bb      F   C 
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed. 

   G                                         F 
Flyin' 'cross the desert from Texas to Tucson, 
C                                       G 
but we're headed for the southern star. 
                                   F 
The captain says, it's fine in Havana, 
         C                                        G 
this dude behind me needs a cigar. 
C                                                             D 
He's a big one, he's got a big gun, I guess, we better go a(long). 

   G                      F 
Mister, we got a gig in Arizona, 
              C                               G             C F C F 
second billing to the Rolling Stones. 

F                             C          F                      C 
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson. 
G                          G7                          C Bb 
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed. 
F                             C          F                     C 
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    laid low in 'Frisco, 
G                      G7                   C Bb 
done in and left behind for d....ead. 
F   C   G ..... F   C                             G 
              Shanghai'd in Shanghai, 
F   C                             G 
  Shanghai'd in Shanghai....
	        

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