C#m C#m7 C#m6 Amaj7/C# It's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man C#m G#7 C#m Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong C#m7 C#m6 Amaj7/C# He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him G#7 C#m When he kicked old Buddha's gong B E And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price C#m Amaj7 G#7 Of a ticket to the land of the free E Well, he says his home's in 'Frisco where they send the rice B7 E G#7 But it's really in Tennessee C#m G# That's why he says C#m I need someone to love me G#7 C#m C#m7 Amaj7 G#7 C#m E6 Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco A B E G#7 And bury my body there C#m I need someone to lend me a fifty-dollar bill and then C#m7/B A7 G#7 C#m I'll leave Hong Kong far behind me E6 A B E A E For happiness once again A A#dim7 Won't somebody believe E E7 I've a yen to see that Bay again A A#dim7 Everytime I try to leave E E7 G#7 Sweet opium won't let me fly away C#m I need someone to love me G#7 C#m C#m7 Amaj7 G#7 C#m E6 Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco A B E G#7 And bury my body there C#m C#m7 C#m6 Amaj7/C# That's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man C#m G#7 C#m Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong C#m7 C#m6 Amaj7/C# He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him G#7 C#m When he kicked old Buddha's gong | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Chords fingeringsA A7 A#dim7 Amaj7 B B7 C# C#m C#m6 C#m7 E E6 E7 G# G#7 |