...I LIKE CHINESE... by Monty Python
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*from 'Monty Python Sings' (1989)*


Intro:

(Spoken):

    GThe (320003@1)world today,
      AdimSeems (2312xx@1)absolutely,
D (xx0232@1)Crackers,
     GWith (320003@1)nuclear bombs,
   Adim
To blow us,
        DAll (xx0232@1)sky high.

          GThere (320003@1)are fools,
And idiots,
Sitting on,
The trigger;
     A7It's (x02020@1)depressing,
And it's senseless,
           DAnd (xx0232@1)that's why...

Verse 1:

G (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese,
     D7They (xx0212@1)only come up,
To your knees,
Yet they're;
G (320003@1)     E7 (020130@1)Always friendly,
And they're;
A7 (x02020@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)Ready to please.

Verse 2:

G (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese,
        D7There's (xx0212@1)nine hundred,
Million of them,
In the world today;
      GYou'd (320003@1)better learn,
   E7To (020130@1)like them,
       A7 (x02020@1)   D7That's (xx0212@1)what I say.

Chorus 1: 

G (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese,
     D7They (xx0212@1)come from,
A long way overseas,
            GBut (320003@1)they're cute,
            E7And (020130@1)they're cuddly,
And they're;
A7 (x02020@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)Ready to please.

Verse 3:

G (320003@1)I like,
Chinese food,
    A7The (x02020@1)waiters,
Never are rude,
D7 (xx0212@1)Think of the,
Many things,
They've done,
To impress;
        GThere's (320003@1)Maoism,
E7 (020130@1)Taoism,
A7 (x02020@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)I Ching and chess.

Chorus 2:

   GSo (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese,
  D7I (xx0212@1)like their,
Tiny little trees,
      GTheir (320003@1)Zen,
      E7Their (020130@1)ping-pong, 
      A7Their (x02020@1)Yin and,
     D7Yang-ese. (xx0212@1)
Verse 4:

G (320003@1)I like,
Chinese thought,
    A7The (x02020@1)wisdom that,
Confucious taught,
   D7If (xx0212@1)Darwin,
Is anything,
To shout about,
    GThe (320003@1)Chinese will,
    E7Sur-vive (020130@1)us all 
     A7 (x02020@1)    D7With-out (xx0212@1)any doubt.

Chorus 3:

   GSo (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese,
     D7They (xx0212@1)only come up,
To your knees,
            GYet (320003@1)they're wise,
            E7And (020130@1)they're witty,
And they're;
A7 (x02020@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)Ready to please.

Chorus 4:

G (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese,
      D7Their (xx0212@1)food is,
Guaranteed to please,
  G (320003@1)         E7A (020130@1)fourteen, A seven,
  A7 (x02020@1)        D7A (xx0212@1)nine and ly-chees.

Chorus 5: 

   GSo (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese,
  D7I (xx0212@1)like their,
Tiny little trees,
      GTheir (320003@1)Zen,
      E7Their (020130@1)ping-pong,
      A7Their (x02020@1)Yin,
         D7And (xx0212@1)Yang-ese.

Chorus 6:

G (320003@1)I like Chinese,
A7 (x02020@1)I like Chinese...

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G (320003@1)    Adim (2312xx@1)   D (xx0232@1)     A7 (x02020@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)    E7 (020130@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  xx2323  xx0232  x02223  xx0212  020100


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)