Chords for Jefferson Starship - Sketches of China

_ _ We're going to finish up the night here with the strangest song I've ever heard.
I don't think I even know what it's about.
It's [Bb] a little early.
[F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] [Cm] We're called [Bb] Sketches of China.
[Dm] _
[Gm] Thank [Eb] _ [Bb] you all for coming [Dm] here tonight. _
[Gm] _ [Eb] Hope you enjoy it.
[Bb] We did.
[F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] Oh, _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] then you [Bb] know him
[Dm] Somebody's [Gm] bound to leave [Eb] you
[Bb] Now, [Dm] silly me, then [Gm] I am bound to [Eb] go
_ [Bb] _ [Dm] And you know he never [Gm] knows
[Eb] What this man [Bb] feels like
And he doesn't [F] care
[Gm] He doesn't [Eb] care if you think [Bb] you know
_ [Dm] _
Somebody's bound [Gm] to leave [Eb] you
Now, man, God is small [Bb] and it's [F] big
Oh, [Gm] you're bound [Eb] to go
[Bb] _ At the telly [Dm] bottom, man, I knew
[Gm] He roamed the net [Eb] back and forth [Bb] from China
[F] On a horse, and he grew [Gm] himself
From the bottom [Eb] of a tree on mainland [Bb] China
[Dm] And he had the [Gm] time
Yeah, he had [Eb] the time for his life [Bb] in China
He carried [Dm] strife and [Gm] harmony
To all the people [Eb] on the [Bb] mainland
Yes, he [Dm] did _
[Gm] He _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] [Dm] was a warlord
[Gm] He roamed the [Eb] murky depths of [Bb] China
[Dm] With a shotgun in his [Gm] hand
He went where [Eb] all the people had gone
[Bb] [Dm] And he got the time
[Gm] Listen while [Eb] I sing this [Bb] song
He had the [Dm] time to listen to the [Gm] band go right [Eb] along
Right through China
[Ab] And it ain't [Eb] what you want, [Bb] it's what you _ need
[Ab] And it ain't [Eb] what you want, [Bb] it's what you _ _ [Ab] need
[Eb] I'll be here like [Fm] yesterday
_ [Ab]
And it ain't [Eb] what you want, it's [Bb] what you [Dm] need _
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[Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] And _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] there was a lady
[Eb] She roamed around the town [Dm] in China
There was a [Eb] lady, she roamed, roamed
She [Dm] _
built a wall
[Eb] She made the wall of rising [Dm] times
Tattered down, taken [Eb] down
She made it not for just one [Dm] more _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Drunk in a beautiful [Eb] garden
_ _ [Dm] Celebration, here [D] comes the clown
[Eb] Saw the palace, [Dm] looked around it
Rising Oriental [Eb] girl
Dive in bed for just one more [Cm] _
pearl
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] And it ain't what you want, it's [Bb] what you need
_ [Ab] You [D] know I want [Eb] you to [Bb] sing
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] He didn't [F] know the [Cm] way [Fm] to a [Eb] man
[Ab] But [D] it ain't [Eb] what you [Gm] want, it's what you [Cm] need
[Eb] And [Ab] it [Eb] ain't what you want, [Bb] it's what you need
I [Ab] know it [Gm] ain't _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] what you [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] want, [Bb] it's what you need
I [Ab] know it [Eb] ain't what you want, [Bb] what you need
_ [D] And it [Eb] ain't what you want, [Gm] what [Bb] you need
[Ab] And it ain't [Eb] what you want, [Ab] it's what [Bb] you _ need Whooooo _
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_ _ _ Don't forget the magnificent, marvelous, amazing Christopher Smith! _ _ _ _ _
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