Artist: Julian Cope
Song: China doll
Tabbed by: DJ
19th May 2014

Based on the 1988 UK single 

Em7   = 022030    D  = xx0232   C/B   = x2xxxx  F#m   = 244222
Em6   = 022020    D4 = xx0233   C/A   = x0xxxx  B     = x24442
A4    = x02230    D5 = xx0235   D/F#  = 200232  A/C#  = x4222x
A     = x02220    G  = 320033   Dm7/A = x00211  Dadd9 = xx0230
Asus2 = x02200    Em = 022000   G/B   = x20033  E/G#  = 4x2400
Cadd9 = x32030    C  = x32010   E4    = 022200  D/C#  = x4xxxx
                                                D/B   = x2xxxx
  
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     Em7      Em6           A4  A          Asus2
||:  /__/__/   /__/__/  |   /__/__/   /__/__/  :||x3

  Cadd9                   D        (D) (D4) (D5)
|  /__/__/   /__/__/  |   /__/__/   /___/___/  |


G                D4              Em               C  C/B C/A
Oo -lah, la -la, la -la, la -la, la -la, la, la -la!
G                D4              Em               C  C/B C/A
Oo -lah, la -la, la -la, la -la, la -la, la, la -la!


   G            D/F#              Em         C  C/B  Dm7/A
Foolish child, shade your eyes, blanket the sun,
G              D/F#        Em           C   Dm7/A
   Came the day I am safe, you are the one,
G           D/F#          Em             C   C/B  C/A
   A magic carpet ride, dreams and all true,
G           D/F#     Em           C
   See my alabaster child ...roll on!


A                                 C
   'Cause I'm an Earthbound boy,
 C     G/B   A            Cadd9   D
And ...so ...I ...worship you--------
          G                D4              Em              C
...china doll!
         (Oo -lah, la -la, la- la, la- la, la- la, la, la- la!)

C    C/B  G               D4             Em               C  C/B C/A
Chi - na doll!
        (Oo -lah, la -la, la -la, la -la, la -la, la, la -la!)


 G                 D/F#         Em             C
Eyes that shine ...hide behind, pale and un - sure,
G                  D/F#         Em          C      C/D  C/E
   Did my broken promise break your china heart?
G            D/F#               Em          C      C/B  C/A
   My little black haired girl, porcelain doll,
G              D/F#       Em                  C
   Sink slowly into this blank heart of mine!


A                                 C
   'Cause I'm an Earthbound boy,
 C     G/B   A            Cadd9   D
And ...so ...I ...worship you--------
          G                D4              Em              C
...china doll!
         (Oo -lah, la -la, la- la, la- la, la- la, la, la- la!)

  A               E4              F#m             D
(Oo -lah, la -la, la -la, la -la, la -la, la, la -la!)


 A               E/G#             F#m          D   D/C#  D/B
Feel my flailing arms around your neck, china doll,
  A            E/G#               F#m            D   D/C#
Feel my crazy silence 'round the depths of your soul,
    D/B        A        E/G#             F#m             D
And all the misery and crying, all the reasons I don't give,
              A             E/G#            F#m               D
You're gonna wake up in the morning with a crowd 'round your bed!


B                                 D
   'Cause I'm an earthbound boy,
 D    A/C#    B            Dadd9   E
And ...so  ...I ...worship you--------
          A                E4            F#m           D
...China doll!
        (Oo -lah, la -la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la, la-la!)
          A                E4            F#m           D
...China doll!
        (Oo -lah, la -la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la, la-la!)
          A                E4            F#m           D
...China doll!
        (Oo -lah, la -la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la, la-la!)
          A                E4            F#m           D
...China doll!
        (Oo -lah, la -la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la, la-la!)
          A
...China doll!