• Song:

    China In Your Hand

  • Artist:

    T` Pau

  • Album:

    Heart and Soul: The Ver...

Capo at 3rd fret: Chords below represent chord shapes rather than actual pitch. This is
not strictly how the song is played but sounds good for a single acoustic guitar.


Intro Chords:

    G       D/F#     C/E
e---3--------2--------0---|
B---3--------3--------1---|
G---0--------2--------0---|
D---0--------0--------2---|
A---2-----------------3---|
E---3--------2*-------0*--|

* during the intro it sounds good to alternate between the bass notes on the low E
string and strumming the rest of the chord so on the D/F# you play the 2nd fret of
the E-string (can play with your left thumb) and then strum a regular D chord
whilst the bass note rings out - same with an open E followed by a regular C chord.

Intro sequence:
G    G    D/F#    C/E     x2

Verse Chords:

    G        D        C      G5/F#
e---3--------2--------0--------3---|
B---3--------3--------1--------3---|
G---0--------2--------0--------0---|
D---0--------0--------2--------0---|
A---2-----------------3--------x---|
E---3--------------------------2*--|

* see above note re: bass notes

Verse sequence:

G           D  C  G
G           D  C  G      G5/F#


Bridge Chords:

   Em        B       Am      Dsus4
e---0-----------------0--------3---|
B---0--------4--------1--------3---|
G---0--------4--------2--------2---|
D---2--------4--------2--------0---|
A---2--------2--------0------------|
E---0------------------------------|


Chorus Chords:

  C      D        G      G5/F#     Em       Bm      Cmaj7   Cmaj7add6  D/A
--0------2--------3--------3--------0--------2--------0--------0--------2--|
--1------3--------3--------3--------0--------3--------0--------0--------3--|
--0------2--------0--------0--------0--------4--------0--------2--------2--|
--2------0--------0--------0--------2--------4--------2--------2--------0--|
--3---------------2--------x--------2--------2--------3--------3--------0--|
------------------3--------2--------0--------------------------------------|

Chorus sequence:

C        D        G    G5/F#    Em    D
C        D        Bm        C    D
C        D        G    G5/F#    Em
C     Cmaj7    Cmaj7add6    Cmaj7    D/A


So here's how the chords fit in with the vocals:


Intro:
G    G    D/F#    C/E     x2

Verse:
G                                         D         C       G
It was a theme she had on a scheme he had told in a foreign land
G                                                  D       C  G
To take life on earth to the second birth, and the man was in command
G   G/f#        Em                       B
       It was a flight on the wings of a young girls dreams
     G           Am         Dsus4
That got too far away...

Chorus:
C              D                    G     G/f#    Em    D
Don't push too far, your dreams are china in your hand
C              D                 Bm                  C         D
Don't wish too hard because they may come true, and you can't help
C                    D                   G   G/f#      Em
them, You don't know what you might have set upon yourself
C      C   Cmaj7  Cmaj7add6   Cmaj7  D/A
                                            China in your hand

G    G    D/F#    C/E    x2 etc...
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