G F
Standing on a corner in downtown L.A.,
C G
waiting for the man to come along.
F
She comes up to me and says, "too bad, too sad",
C G
you know that he's been dead and gone.
C D
L.A. ´lady, kinda shady, she picked him up and took him (home.)
G F
I woke up groggy, my sight was smoggy,
C G
and I knew that it had been blown.
F
Early in the morning, sitting in a hotel,
C G
Moscow's looking fine through the wine.
F
Spaced out I crashed out,
C G
when the K.G.B. came on my line.
C D
It's a cold one, being sent down, it's gotta be fifty be(low).
G F
Mama, here's a postcard to let you know,
C G F C G F C
I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal.
F C F C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai, stood on in Tucson.
G G7 C Bb F C
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.
G F
Flyin' 'cross the desert from Texas to Tucson,
C G
but we're headed for the southern star.
F
The captain says, it's fine in Havana,
C G
this dude behind me needs a cigar.
C D
He's a big one, he's got a big gun, I guess, we better go a(long).
G F
Mister, we got a gig in Arizona,
C G C F C F
second billing to the Rolling Stones.
F C F C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai, stood on in Tucson.
G G7 C Bb
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.
F C F C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai, laid low in 'Frisco,
G G7 C Bb
done in and left behind for d....ead.
F C G ..... F C G
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,
F C G
Shanghai'd in Shanghai....