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

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

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

F                             C          F                      C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson.
G                          G7                          C Bb      F   C
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.

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

   G                      F
Mister, we got a gig in Arizona,
              C                               G             C F C F
second billing to the Rolling Stones.

F                             C          F                      C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson.
G                          G7                          C Bb
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.
F                             C          F                     C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    laid low in 'Frisco,
G                      G7                   C Bb
done in and left behind for d....ead.
F   C   G ..... F   C                             G
              Shanghai'd in Shanghai,
F   C                             G
  Shanghai'd in Shanghai....