Chords for Amos Garrett - Hong Kong Blues

O'Dara's Midnight at the Oasis, which Ted Atkins called the chorus of the year.
Stevie Wonder referred to it as the second best instrumental solo in all of
rock and roll.
The man who did it was Amos Garrett.
He'll be with us right
after this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ Amos Garrett is with us as I mentioned one of Canada's premier
pickers.
A great long career as a soloist, as a side man.
Not that long I mean.
Yeah, _ as a side man a lot and in different bands over the last
15 years or so.
One of the things that I liked most that you did was the creation
of the Great Speckled Bird.
Still one of the finest bands to come along in country
rock.
You remember.
Oh yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah, Ian and Sylvia. _
It was really Ian's
concept a lot and I got Sylvia's tune.
I helped in the formation of that band.
Good.
This week you're at Albert's Hall.
Albert's Hall.
Lots of beer down there.
Still have lots of beer at Albert's Hall folks.
Don't worry about it.
Okay, what are
you gonna do for us today?
I'm gonna do a song actually.
I first started playing
this around Toronto a few years ago.
It's a Hoagy Carmichael song and a ballad
called the Hong Kong Blues.
I remember that one.
I remember Hoagy singing it in a
movie.
Okay, here's [A] Amos Garrett.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _ It's [Am] a story about a [F] very unfortunate [F#] kind of man _ who [E] got stranded [F] down in [E] old Hong [A] Kong.
_ _ _ He had 20 [F]-ish privilege taken away [F#] from him _ just for kicking [C]
old [E] Buddha's [A] dong.
_ And now he's [C] pounding the [G] piano just to make [C] the price of [A] a ticket to [F] the land of the free.
[E] _
_ _ [D] No, [C] he says he is from Bristol where the sandal writes [G] he's really from Tennessee.
[C] _ _ That's [D] why he says _ [Am] I need somebody [Em] to [Am] lend me [Em] _ a fifty dollar bill and then _ I'll live [D] on
_ [F] far behind me [A] _
_ to [D] happiness once [F] again.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [F] Won't somebody [F#m] believe _ _ that [C] I am [G] _ to see [F] that day [C] again.
_ [E] _
_ [F] When I try to leave [F#m] _ _
_ [C] sweet old fire won't let me fly [E] away.
_ _ _ [Am] I need [Em] somebody to [A] love me.
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#]
Need [E] somebody to carry [Am] _ _ me [D] home to St.
[C] Francis to [A] _
_ _ [D] happiness [G] once again.
[C] _
_ _ _ [A#] _ Won't somebody [F#m]
believe _ _ [C] that I am [G]
to see [F] that day [C] again.
_ _ [A#] _
But when I try to [F#m] leave sweet _ [C] old fire won't let me fly away.
[E] _
_ That's a story [Am] about a [F] very unfortunate [F#] kind of man _ who got stranded [F] down in [E] old Hong Kong.
[Am] _ _ _ He [F] had 20-ish privilege taken [F#] away from him _ just for [E] kicking _ [F] old _ _
_ [E] Buddha's _ [A] _ dong.
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _