Intro
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#1.
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I played around in Chinatown, just a-passin'
B E B
time away..when Black Jack Red hit me in the head.
E B E
And when I woke up next day, I was many miles
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away.
CHORUS:
B
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter.
B
I was shanghied eatin' beans and taters.
B
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter.
E B E
And I wanna get back to shore, back to the Gold
B
Coast shore.
#2.
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They throwed me off in old Hong Kong, put me on
B
my own.
E B E
Not a penny in my pocket, ten thousand miles from
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home..that's a mighty long way from home.
CHORUS:
B
I was shanghied in old Hong Kong.
B
I was shanghied, I was all alone.
B
I was shanghied, wanna get back home.
E B E
Back to the Gold Coast shore, back to the Gold
B
Coast shore.
#3.
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I worked for grub on an old Dutch tub, and wound up
B
in L.A.
E B
When a pretty little girl took me on a whirl and
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when I woke up next day, when I woke up next day.
CHORUS:
B
I was shanghied for the rest of my life.
B
I was shanghied, but that's all right.
B
I was shanghied, got a pretty little wife.
E B E
And I'm never leavin' home no more, never leavin'
B
home no more.
OUTRO:
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Never leavin' home no more.
F# sixties smash from Kraziekhat.