Johnny Flynn
Hong Kong Cemetery
No Capo
Listen to song for strumming pattern

          Dm (xx0231@1)                   C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1)      CThere (x32010@1)are ten thousand graves in Hong Kong Protestant Cemetery
      Dm (xx0231@1)                       C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)    CEvery (x32010@1)one of them says "born and died, and the rest might be history"
Bb (x1333x@1)               CWalking (x32010@1)there I'd cry
       Bb (x1333x@1)              CFor (x32010@1)my love was there to lie
Bb (x1333x@1)                         FI (133211@1)never knew shame to be so refreshing
         Bb (x1333x@1)                                     FI'd (133211@1)sing Georgia on my mind, she would be "i'd be regressing"

Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)


        Dm (xx0231@1)                     C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1) CWas (x32010@1)the day of the boats for the fellas in coats in the Navy
       Dm (xx0231@1)                      C (x32010@1)                           F (133211@1) CThey'd (x32010@1)be all around, change the face of this town cos they're lazy
Bb (x1333x@1)            CNineteen-fifty (x32010@1)two
        Bb (x1333x@1)             Cwas (x32010@1)the year that I lost you
Bb (x1333x@1)                           FI (133211@1)was with the soldiers in the school hall
Bb (x1333x@1)                                      FDidn't (133211@1)know that you were ill, you didn't seem off

Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)

G (320003@1)             G (320003@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)   C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)              CDon't (x32010@1)go, China show, new so blue so who's aboard the boats these days
      G (320003@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1)              F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)      
Some people are fixing the terrible mixing the crew of old whose sailors say

Dm (xx0231@1)G (320003@1) F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)C*whistling* (x32010@1)
      Dm (xx0231@1)           C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1) 
Your life might be a mess of lights when you're on your own
        Dm (xx0231@1)                      C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)         CBut (x32010@1)the lights you'll see form a line that'll be pointing all the way home
Bb (x1333x@1)       CI (x32010@1)was here before
    Bb (x1333x@1)           CMy (x32010@1)name was on the door
Bb (x1333x@1)                              FTook (133211@1)a score of years to get to your seat
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    FI'll (133211@1)send the next in line, he'll be a clean sheet

Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!
Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
Dm (xx0231@1)  C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!)
F (133211@1)   C(I'm (x32010@1)alright!

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