song: china my china
album:taking tiger mountain (1974)

          C (x32010@1)                                                                        A/F (102220@1)A-F 4 times)
In the haze of the morning, China sits on eternity
               C (x32010@1)                                                                       
              A/FAnd (102220@1)the opium farmers sell dreams to obscure fraternities
G (320003@1)                             A# (x1333x@1)                 AOn (x02220@1)the horizon the curtains are closing
C (x32010@1)                                                                                      
                    A/FDown (102220@1)in the orchard, the aunties and uncles play their games
             A (x02220@1)          F (133211@1)                 A (x02220@1)      F(Like (133211@1)it seems they always have done)
C (x32010@1)                                                                                      
          A/FIn (102220@1)the blue distance, the vertical offices bear their names
              A (x02220@1)         F (133211@1)                  A (x02220@1)      F(Like (133211@1)it seems they always have done)
G (320003@1)                                   A# (x1333x@1)               AClocks (x02220@1)ticking slowly, dividing the day up.
CThese (x32010@1)poor girls are such fun,
                                                                                      A/FThey (102220@1)know what God gave them their fingers for
                 A (x02220@1)        F (133211@1)      A (x02220@1)          F(to (133211@1)make percussion over so-los) [typing percussion]
C (x32010@1)                                                                                      
               A/FChina, (102220@1)my China, I've wandered around and you're still here
                A (x02220@1)               F (133211@1)               A (x02220@1)       F(Which (133211@1)I guess you should be proud of)
         CYour (x32010@1)walls have enclosed you,

Have kept you at home for thousands of years
                      A (x02220@1)       F (133211@1)                 A (x02220@1)      F(But (133211@1)there's something I should tell you)
G (320003@1)                                              A# (x1333x@1)                  AAll (x02220@1)the young boys, they are dressing like sailors.
CI (x32010@1)remember a man who
                                                                         A/FJumped (102220@1)out from a window over the bay
                       A (x02220@1)   F (133211@1)  A (x02220@1)               F(There (133211@1)was hardly a raised eyebrow)
CThe (x32010@1)coroner told me,
                                                                   A/FThis (102220@1)kind of thing happens every day.
G (320003@1)                                                  A# (x1333x@1)                AYou (x02220@1)see, from the Pagoda, the world is so tidy.
   done by ketty inglet