Chords for Hoagy Carmichael - Hong Kong Blues (1944)

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_ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _ [A] It's the [E] story of a very unfortunate [Am] colored [E] man [Am] who got [F] arrested down [Bm] in old [Am] Hong Kong.
_ He [E] got 20 years' [Am] privilege taken away [E] from him when [A] he kicked [F] old [F#] Bruder [E] gone.
[G] And now he's bobbing the piano [C] just to raise the price of a [B] ticket to the land of the free.
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[B] He say [G] his home's in Frisco where they send the rice, but [F#m] it's really [C] in Tennessee.
[E] That's why he says, _ _ I [Em] need someone to love me.
Need [F] somebody to [Em] carry [B] me [A#] home to San [F#] Francisco _ [B] and [F] bury my [C] body. _
[B] [Em] Oh, I need someone to lend me a [Am] $50 [F] [Am] bill and [C] then [F#] I'll leave [A] Hong [B] Kong far [Am] behind me [B] for [F] happiness once [C] such. _
[D#] _ [F] Won't [B] someone believe [D#m] [G] I begin [C] to see that baby [D#] again?
[F] But when I try [B] to leave, _ [C] these local men won't let me [E] fly away.
[Em]
I need someone to love me.
[F#] Need [F] somebody to [C] carry me [D#m] [F] home to [E] San [F#] Francisco [G#] and bury [G] my [C] body.
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[E] _ [A] _ _ That's the story of a very [Am] unfortunate colored man who got [F] arrested down [Bm] in old [A] Hong Kong.
[Em]
He got 20 years' privilege taken [Am] away from him when [E] he kicked old [Am] Bruder gone.
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