Chords for Somewhere Over China

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_ _ _ _ [D] _ Just a semi-normal person
[G] Thought he had the future planned
[A] Then he won some silly sweepstakes
Now he [B] had a hundred [D] grand
Never stopped to think of taxes
He [G] was gone before they knew
With the [A] platter for old romantics
To the Orient he flew
_ When they fueled in Papiete
They still [G] called to Big Mamu
[A] With an honest explanation
Just to tell the whole [D] damn truth
It's just one chance in a million
Who [G] deny the simple facts
Was no use to talk it over
He'd be home when he [D] got back
Now [G] he's somewhere over China
[D] Looking down on all the trails
[A] On the mountains looking back at him
It's a real-life [D] fairy tale
[G] Put a little distance
Between [D] causes and effects
Like [A] a day-old fortune cookie
Asking who, [D] what comes next
What the hell did Marco Polo think
[G] When he ran into the wall
[D] [A] Are the crazy flying tigers
Doing spins [D] and loops and stalls
Just a taste for something different
[G] Perking up for boring days
[A] Now our man from Louisiana
Feels exactly the [D] same way
_ They're all [G] somewhere over China
Shanghai or Old Peking
On [A] a plane or a boat in an envelope
[G] Real adventure [A] has [D] its reign
Just [G] to put a little distance
[D] Between fact and fantasy
[A] So six thousand miles away from
Where I'd really rather [D] be
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ How I would love to drive the shuttle
[G] Just to feel the engines roar
[D] And [A] to operate the lever
That controlled [D] the payload doors
I could buzz the Himalayas
[G] Barrel roll above Hong Kong
[A] Set her down in San Francisco
To the clang in a [D] Vietcong
_ We're [G] all somewhere over China
Heading [D] east or heading west
[A] Taking time to live a little
[G] Life so [A] far [D] from the man
[G] Just to put a little distance
Between [D] causes and effects
[A] Like an ancient fortune teller
Knowing who and [D] what comes next _ _
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