G                      F
Standing on a corner in downtown L.A.,
 C                     G
waiting for the man to come along.
                               F
She comes up to me and says, "too bad, too sad",
      C                           G
you know that he's been dead and gone.
C                                D
L.A. ´lady, kinda shady, she picked him up and took him (home.)

   G                 F
I woke up groggy, my sight was smoggy,
        C                    G
and I knew that it had been blown.
                     F
Early in the morning, sitting in a hotel,
 C                                 G
Moscow's looking fine through the wine.
              F
Spaced out I crashed out,
        C                   G
when the K.G.B. came on my line.
C                                          D
It's a cold one, being sent down, it's gotta be fifty be(low).

 G                         F
Mama, here's a postcard to let you know,
         C                         G   F C G F C
I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal.

F                 C        F              C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson.
G                  G7                   C   Bb F C
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.

  G                            F
Flyin' 'cross the desert from Texas to Tucson,
C                         G
but we're headed for the southern star.
                        F
The captain says, it's fine in Havana,
      C                        G
this dude behind me needs a cigar.
C                                        D
He's a big one, he's got a big gun, I guess, we better go a(long).

 G                F
Mister, we got a gig in Arizona,
        C                      G     C F C F
second billing to the Rolling Stones.

F                 C        F              C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood on in Tucson.
G                  G7                   C   Bb
ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed.
F                 C         F               C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    laid low in 'Frisco,
G               G7               C Bb
done in and left behind for d....ead.
F    C     G ..... F C               G
              Shanghai'd in Shanghai,
F  C                  G
  Shanghai'd in Shanghai....