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Tab by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Music by F. Loesser, 1948
Key of G major, 4/4 time
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[Verse 1]
G6 G#m6#5
I'd love to get you
Am6 A#m6#5
On a slow boat to China
G6 B7 C6 E7
All to myself alone
Am6 A#m6#5
Get you and keep you
G6 Gb6 F6 E9 E9/B
In my arms e---ver more
A7
Leave all your lovers
D7
Weepin' on a distant shore
[Verse 2]
G6 G#m6#5
Out on the briny
Am6 A#m6#5
With the moon big and shiny
G6 B7 C6 E7
Melting your heart of stone
Am6 G#m6#5
Oh, I'd love to get you
G6 Gb6 F6 E9 E9/B
On a slow boat to China
A7 D7 D7/A G6 D#9 D9
All by myself alone
[Intrumental]
(plays just like the previous verses)
G6 G#m6#5 Am6 A#m6#5
G6 B7 C6 E7
Am6 A#m6#5 G6 (Gb6 - F6) E9 E9/B
A7 D7
G6 G#m6#5 Am6 A#m6#5
G6 B7 C6 E7
Am6 G#m6#5 G6 (Gb6 - F6) E9 E9/B
A7 D7 D7/A G6 D#9 D9
[Verse 3]
G6 G#m6#5
I'd love to get you
Am6 A#m6#5
On a slow boat to China
G6 B7 C6 E7
All to myself alone
Am6 A#m6#5
A twist on the rudder
G6 Gb6 F6 E9 E9/B
And a rip in the sails
A7
Driftin' and dreamin'
D7
Honey, throw the compass over the rail
[Verse 4 + ending]
G6 G#m6#5
Out on the ocean
Am6 A#m6#5
Far from all the commotion
G6 B7 C6 E7
Melting your heart of stone
Am6 G#m6#5
Oh, I'd love to get you
G6 Gb6 F6 E9 E9/B
On a slow boat to China
A7 D7 G6 Gb6 F6 E9 E9/B
All by myself alone
A7 D7 D6
All to myself
G6 G#m6#5 Am6 G#m6#5 G6
Alooone...
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