Shanghied - Burl Ives Chords
Chords: Flip, Bitty, DECCA, C, A, D, G, Am7, Coast, A..Am7
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Genre: folk, country, traditional
Shanghied:Burl Ives.
Flip side of 'A little Bitty Tear'
on DECCA Records in 1961.
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.
CHORUS:
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.
CHORUS:
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.
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