Intro
F D
#1.
G C
I played around in Chinatown, just a-passin'
G C G
time away..when Black Jack Red hit me in the head.
C G C
And when I woke up next day, I was many miles
G Dm7 G D
away.
CHORUS:
G
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter.
G
I was shanghied eatin' beans and taters.
G
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter.
C G C
And I wanna get back to shore, back to the Gold
G
Coast shore.
#2.
G C
They throwed me off in old Hong Kong, put me on
G
my own.
C G C
Not a penny in my pocket, ten thousand miles from
G C G Dm7 G D
home..that's a mighty long way from home.
CHORUS:
G
I was shanghied in old Hong Kong.
G
I was shanghied, I was all alone.
G
I was shanghied, wanna get back home.
C G C
Back to the Gold Coast shore, back to the Gold
G
Coast shore.
#3.
G C
I worked for grub on an old Dutch tub, and wound up
G
in L.A.
C G
When a pretty little girl took me on a whirl and
C G C G Dm7 G D
when I woke up next day, when I woke up next day.
CHORUS:
G
I was shanghied for the rest of my life.
G
I was shanghied, but that's all right.
G
I was shanghied, got a pretty little wife.
C G C
And I'm never leavin' home no more, never leavin'
G
home no more.
OUTRO:
C G Dm7 G D..Am7 G D
Never leavin' home no more.
D sixties smash from Kraziekhat.