On A Slow Boat To China Chords by Bette Midler

Tempo:
71.3 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

C#

B

D#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bette Midler - On a Slow Boat to China chords
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[F#] [A] [D] Hey, nice piano playing Manila.
Thank you, Miss M.
What you doing these days making [A] records [D] really?
Yes, really.
Do you still play piano for people?
Well depends on who?
Hmm
[Bm] Gonna get you [Bm] on a slow [C#] boat to China
[D] Walk [F#] to myself [G] alone
[D#] [Em] Get you [C#] and keep you [F#m] in my arms evermore
[B] [D] Leave [Bm] all the others
[A] [B] waiting on a faraway shore
Out [D#] on the briny [Em] where the moon's big and [E] shiny
[D] [F#] Melting your heart [G] of stone
I'm [Gm] gonna get you [A] on a slow boat to [B] China
[Bm] Walk to myself
[D] alone
Bet I didn't know you felt that way about me.
I don't I need a piano player
I just like [C#] the old days.
[D] You're not gonna change keys on me.
Are you?
[Cm] I'm [C] gonna get you [Fm] Me
[D] [D#] [G]
[G#] Get [C] you [Fm] [D] and keep you in [D#] my bed
[Cm] [A]
[A#] [G#] To China [B] and back [C#m] out [C#] on the briny
I won't [F#m] like the ocean big [D#] and shiny not even [E] in a robot melting [G#] your heart
[A] Stone tomorrow, do you say?
It [C#] will always get [A] your way.
I'm [Am] gonna get you [B] on a slow boat [C#] to China
[F#m] All to myself
[E] alone
[G#m] [F#m] All to myself
[B] [E] Oh
[F#m] [E]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
C#
12341114
B
12341112
D#
12341116
D
1321
A
1231
C#
12341114
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To learn Bette Midler - (Album Version) On A Slow Boat To China chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - F#, G, G#, C, Fm, D, C#, D, F#, B, G, D and G of chords. A good strategy is to initiate at 71 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 143 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: D Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Hey, nice piano playing Manila.
Thank you, Miss M.
What you doing these days making [A] records [D] really?
Yes, really.
Do you still play piano for people?
Well depends on who?
Hmm
[Bm] Gonna get you [Bm] on a slow [C#] boat to China
[D] Walk [F#] to myself _ [G] alone
[D#] _ _ [Em] Get you [C#] and keep you [F#m] in my arms evermore
[B] _ [D] Leave [Bm] all the others
[A] [B] waiting on a faraway shore
Out [D#] on the briny [Em] where the moon's big and [E] shiny
[D] _ [F#] Melting your heart [G] of stone
_ _ I'm [Gm] gonna get you [A] on a slow boat to [B] China
[Bm] Walk to myself
[D] alone
Bet I didn't know you felt that way about me.
I don't I need a piano player
I just like [C#] the old days.
[D] You're not gonna change keys on me.
Are you?
_ [Cm] I'm [C] gonna get you [Fm] Me
_ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G] _
_ [G#] _ Get [C] you [Fm] _ [D] and keep you in [D#] my bed
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _
_ [A#] [G#] To China [B] and back [C#m] out [C#] on the briny
I won't [F#m] like the ocean big [D#] and shiny not even [E] in a robot melting [G#] your heart
[A] Stone tomorrow, do you say?
It [C#] will always get [A] your way.
I'm [Am] gonna get you [B] on a slow boat [C#] to China
_ [F#m] All to myself
[E] alone
_ _ [G#m] _ [F#m] All to myself
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] Oh _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _

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It's Frank Loesser who authored this song.

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