Johnny Flynn
Hong Kong Cemetery
No Capo
Listen to song for strumming pattern
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There are ten thousand graves in Hong Kong Protestant Cemetery
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Every one of them says "born and died, and the rest might be history"
Bb C
Walking there I'd cry
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For my love was there to lie
Bb F
I never knew shame to be so refreshing
Bb F
I'd sing Georgia on my mind, she would be "i'd be regressing"
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!)
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!)
Dm C F C
Was the day of the boats for the fellas in coats in the Navy
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They'd be all around, change the face of this town cos they're lazy
Bb C
Nineteen-fifty two
Bb C
was the year that I lost you
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I was with the soldiers in the school hall
Bb F
Didn't know that you were ill, you didn't seem off
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!)
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!)
G G Dm C F C
Don't go, China show, new so blue so who's aboard the boats these days
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Some people are fixing the terrible mixing the crew of old whose sailors say
Dm G F C Dm G F C
*whistling*
Dm C F C
Your life might be a mess of lights when you're on your own
Dm C F C
But the lights you'll see form a line that'll be pointing all the way home
Bb C
I was here before
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My name was on the door
Bb F
Took a score of years to get to your seat
Bb F
I'll send the next in line, he'll be a clean sheet
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!)
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!)
Dm C
(I'm alright!)
F C
(I'm alright!