Chinatown My Chinatown 2 Verses (C)
Music by Jean Schwartz
Key: C
Lyrics by William Jerome
Copyright 1910

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File Created 11/22/2014
File Edited 05/23/2019

       CC6CC6EmAm6EmG7G6
Intro:
             
      C6
Vamp:  for 2 bars

Verse 1:

C    C6  C    C6
When the town is
C    C6Em
fast a-sleep
Em11EmEm11EmEm11Em
     
C   C6   C   C6
And it's mid-night
C  C6  G7
in the sky
G9G7G9G7G9G7G9
      

C      C6  C    C6
That's the time the
C   C6   Em
fes-tive Chink
Em11EmEm11EmEm11Em
     
G      G6 G    G6
Starts to wink his
G G6   C
o-ther eye
C6CC6CC6CC6
       

Dm     Dm7Dm   Dm7
Starts to wink his
Dm   Dm7Dm
dreamy eye
Dm6DmDm6Dm
    
D  D7 D  D7
La-zi-ly you'll
D    D7  G9
hear him sigh
G9G7G9G7
   

Chorus:

C   Em7Cmaj7C
Chi-na-town my
C6  Cmaj7C
Chi-na-town
C6    Cmaj7C      C6  G7
Where the lights are low

G6          G7      E7    Am   E7Am
Hearts that know no other land
D13      D  D6  G9  EdimG6G7
Drifting to and fro

C     Em7Cmaj7 C
Dream-y dream-y
C6   Cmaj7C
Chin-a-town
C6 C    C7      F
Al-mond eyes of brown
F6          Fm6
Hearts seem light and
C6   Cmaj7 Em7-5
life seems bright
A7 D7     Dm7  G7  C     DmG7
In dreamy Chin a - town.

Verse 2:

C     C6
Stran-gers
C      C6 C   Em
taking in the sights
Em11EmEm11EmEm11Em
     
C   C6
Pig-tails
C      C6   C   G7
flying here and there
G9G7G9G7G9G7G9
      

C   C6   C   C6
See that bro-ken
C    C6     Em
Wall Street sport
Em11EmEm11EmEm11Em
     
G     G6
Still thinks
G    G6G       C
he's a million-aire
C6CC6CC6CC6
       

Dm    Dm7    Dm   Dm7
Still thinks he's a
Dm  Dm7 Dm
mil-lion-aire
Dm6DmDm6Dm
    
D    D7     D   D7
Pipe dreams ban-ish
D   D7 G7
ev'-ry care
G9G7G9G7
   

Chorus Repeat:

Ending Chords:

DmG7CC6
   

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