Chinatown

Chinatown

Words and music by Roy Wood

Transcribed by Tom De Val ([email protected])

VERSES:

C Cmaj7 Em

Bury a jar of Shou Hsing when the girl is born.

C Cmaj7 A7

Surely you know the wine will age till she?s fully grown.

Em C C/B A7

Don?t fly into the night, sooooooooooon enough the world will end

Em

while the lantern is bright.

CHORUS:

G E Am A7

I could find a good time girl in Chinatown, Chinatown.

D

Dancing in my shoes.

G E Am

See the eastern ladies walk in Chinatown,

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 G6

Chinatown, chain me down, Chinatown.

MIDDLE:

|Em / / /|Em / / /|Adim / / /|Adim / / /|

|Em / / /|Em / / /|Adim / / /|F / / /|F / /|Em / / /|Em / / /|

OUTRO:

|D / / /|G / / /|Cmaj7

VERSE 2

Maybe I?ll drink your jasmine tea then I?ll hurry home.

Surely you know the likes of me should be left alone.

Why they like a me for, soon enough the world will end

If I answer the door.

VERSE 3

Look at the tall pagoda through, through your window pane.

watching you fly your dragon kite on a cocoa day.

You?ve discovered the white orchids in my humble moon

while the lantern is bright.

STRUCTURE:

VERSE 1

CHORUS

VERSE 2

CHORUS

MIDDLE

VERSE 3

CHORUS

OUTRO