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China

Cracker

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Artist:	Cracker
Song:	China
Album:	Garage d'Or (Disc 2)
Tuning:	Standard

Note: Follows a waltz rythmn, 3 beats per chord, played \-\/\-

VERSE 1:
  Ah Miss [G] Mary [G] won't you [C] please [G] come home from 
  [D] China [D7] [D] [D7]
  Bring a [G] bottle of [G] whisky and a [C] tin cup [G] for your 
  [D] Teeth [D7] [D] [D7] 
  [Em] Don't you sneak [D] into the [G] back door [C] wearing some 
  [D] Disguise [D7] [D] [D7]
  [Em] Knock on the [D] front door in [G] view of the [C] Temperance 
  [D] Guild [D7] [D] [D7]

VERSE 2:
  Ah Miss [G] Mary [G] won't you [C] please come [G] home cause I 
  [D] Miss ya  [D7] [D] [D7]
  Your [G] old spinster [G] sister don't [C] always [G] give good advice
  [D] [D7] [D] [D7]
  Look at [Em] her she's in [D] love with that [G] drunken [C] bandy-legged 
  [D] Sheriff [D7] [D] [D7]
  He'll [Em] unzip her [D] pantsuit, but [G] never [C] leave his fat 
  [D] Wife [D7] [D] [D7]

CHORUS:
  Ah Miss [Em] Mary [Em] won't you [B7] please [B7] come home from 
  [C] China [C] [Am] [Am] 
  Come home from [G] China [G] [D] [D] 
  Come home from [C] China [C] [Am] [Am]

VERSE 3:
  Now that [G] fake old [G] beatnik [C] poet the [G] volunteer 
  [D] Fireman [D7] [D] [D7]
  He don't [G] care if you [G] come, he don't [C] care [G] like I 
  [D] Do [D7] [D] [D7]
  He's in [Em] love with his [D] dog and [G] all the [C] volunteer 
  [D] Firemen [D7] [D] [D7]
  And he is a-[Em]-fraid to [D] let the [G] end of his [C] versus 
  [D] Rhyme [D7] [D] [D7]

REPEAT CHORUS 2x:

FINALE:
  [Em]


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