Intro: C#m (6x) G#7 C#m
Part 1
C#m C#m7 C#m6 A/C#
It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
C#m G#7 C#m
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong.
C#m C#m7 C#m6 A/C#
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
G#7 C#m
When he kicked old Buddha's gong
Part 2
B E
And now he's popping the piano just to raise the price
C#m Amaj7 G#7
Of a ticket to the land of the free
E
Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice
B7 E G#7 C#m
But it's really in Tennessee, that's why he said:
G# C#m
I need someone to love me
G#7 C#m C#m/B Amaj7 G#7 C#m E6
I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
A B E G#7
And bury my body there
Part 3
C#m C#m6 C#m
I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then
C#m/B A7 G#7 C#m E6 A B E A E
I'll leave Hong Kong behind me for happiness once again
Part 4
A A#dim7
Won't somebody believe
E E7
I've a yen to see that bay again
A A#dim7
Every time I try to leave
E G#7
Sweet opium won't let me fly away
C#m
I need someone to love me
G#7 C#m C#m/B A7 G#7 E
I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco
A B E
And bury my body there
Outro:
C#m (6x) G#7 C#m
C#m C#m7 C#m6 A/C#
That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
C#m G#7 C#m
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong.
C#m7 C#m6 A/C#
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
G#7 C#m
When he kicked old Buddha's gong