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Standing on a corner in downtown L.A.,
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waiting for the man to come along.
                                                     F5
She comes up to me and says, "too bad, too sad",
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you know that he's been dead and gone.
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L.A. ?lady, kinda shady, she picked him up and took him (home.)

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I woke up groggy, my sight was smoggy,
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and I knew that it had been blown.
                                 F5
Early in the morning, sitting in a hotel,
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Moscow's looking fine through the wine.
                       F5
Spaced out I crashed out,
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when the K.G.B. came on my line.
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It's a cold one, being sent down, it's gotta be fifty be(low).

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Mama, here's a postcard to let you know,
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I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal.

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Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson.
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ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.

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Flyin' 'cross the desert from Texas to Tucson,
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but we're headed for the southern star.
                                   F5
The captain says, it's fine in Havana,
         C5                                        G5
this dude behind me needs a cigar.
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He's a big one, he's got a big gun, I guess, we better go a(long).

   G5                      F5
Mister, we got a gig in Arizona,
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second billing to the Rolling Stones.

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Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson.
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ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.
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Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    laid low in 'Frisco,
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done in and left behind for d....ead.
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              Shanghai'd in Shanghai,
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  Shanghai'd in Shanghai....