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Chinatown, My Chinatown

Music by J. Schwartz, Lyrics by W. Jerome - 1910

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	Em	C	Em         G7
C	Em	Dm7  Am  G7	C
Dm	-	D7	Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	-	-	G7
-	Am        E7  Am	D7	G7
C	-	-      G7  C7  C+	F
-            Fm6	C  Gm6  A7	D7       Dm7  G7	C  (G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Tip: Listen to the bass, each bass note gets one beat.

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Verse:

When the town is fast a sleep, and it's mid -night in the sky,

That's the time the fes -tive Chink Starts to wink his oth -er eye,

Starts to wink his dream -y eye, La -zi -ly you hear him sigh.

 

Chorus:

Chi -na -town, my Chi -na -town, Where the lights are low,

Hearts that know no oth -er land, Drift -ing to and fro,

Dream -y dream -y Chi -na -town, Al -mond eyes of brown,

Hearts seem light and life seems bright In dream -y Chi -na -town.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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