ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA 1948
G E Am F#
I’d like to get you on a slow boat to China, G B7CE
Al to myself alone
F# G
Get you and keep you in my arms evermore,
A7 Am D
Leave all your lovers, Weeping on a faraway shore
G AmF#
Out on the briny with the moon big and shiney G B7 CE
Melting your heart of stone Am Cm G
I’d love to get you on a slow boat to China Am D G
Al to myself alone
G E Am F# I’d love to get you on a slow boat to China
B7 CE
Al to myself alone
F# G
Atwist in the rudder &a rip in the sail,
A7 Am
D Drifting &dreaming, Throw the bumpers over the rail
G E Am F#
Out on the ocean far from all the commotion, G B7 CE
Melting your heart of stone
Am Cm G E
I’d love to get you on a slow boat to China
Am D G E A7 D
GCG Al to myself, Nobody else, Al to myself alone
