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On A Slow Boat To China

Words and Music by Frank Loesser -  1948

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1948, played for 16 weeks.

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Bb        Dm7	G7	Cm	C#dim
Bb	D7	Eb       Cm	Fm       G7
Cm	C#dim	Bb       D+	G7
C7       Gm7	C9	Cm7    F9	-
Bb        Dm7	G7	Cm	C#dim
Bb	D7	Eb       Cm	Fm       G7
Cm7	Ab7      A7	Bb       Ab7	G+       G7
C7	Cm7     B7	Bb	(Cm7   F9   Repeat)

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

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I'd like to get you On A Slow Boat To Chi -na,

All to my -self, a -lone.

Get you and keep you in my arms ev -er -more,

Leave all your lov -ers Weep -ing on the far -a -way shore.

Out on the brin -y with a moon big and shin -y,

Melt -ing your heart of stone,

I'd like to get you On A Slow Boat To Chi -na,

All to my -self a -lone.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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