Chinatown Chords by Move

Chinatown
Words and music by Roy Wood

Transcribed by Tom De Val (tde_val@hotmail.com)

VERSES:
C            Cmaj7                Em
Bury a jar of Shou Hsing when the girl is born.

C                  Cmaj7                     A7
Surely you know the wine will age till she?s fully grown.

Em                           C   C/B    A7
   Don?t fly into the night, sooooooooooon enough the world will end

Em
   while the lantern is bright.

CHORUS:
G              E                 Am         A7
I could find a good time girl in Chinatown, Chinatown.

D
Dancing in my shoes.

G               E              Am
See the eastern ladies walk in Chinatown,

Cmaj7     Fmaj7           G6
Chinatown, chain me down, Chinatown.

MIDDLE:
|Em / / /|Em / / /|Adim / / /|Adim / / /|
|Em / / /|Em / / /|Adim / / /|F / / /|F / /|Em / / /|Em / / /|

OUTRO:
|D / / /|G / / /|Cmaj7

VERSE 2
Maybe I?ll drink your jasmine tea then I?ll hurry home.
Surely you know the likes of me should be left alone.
Why they like a me for, soon enough the world will end
If I answer the door.

VERSE 3
Look at the tall pagoda through, through your window pane.
watching you fly your dragon kite on a cocoa day.
You?ve discovered the white orchids in my humble moon
while the lantern is bright.

STRUCTURE:
VERSE 1
CHORUS
VERSE 2
CHORUS
MIDDLE
VERSE 3
CHORUS
OUTRO