On A Slow Boat To China
Lyrics and Music by Frank Loesser
Key: F
Copyright 1948

File Created 12/28/2018
File Updated 09/18/2020

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Chorus 1:

F           D7
I'd love to  get you
     Gm7  Em7-5   Abdim
On a slow boat to China
F         A7     Bb  D7
All to my self a lone

Gm7         Abdim
Get you and keep you
      F    Eb7  D7
In my arms ever more
G7
Leave all your lovers
Gm7                   C7
Weeping on a far away shore

F          D7
Out on the briny
         Gm7 Em7-5    Abdim
With the moon big and shiny
F            A7       Bb    D7
Melting your heart of stone

       Gm7         Abdim
Honey, I'd love to get you
     F    Eb7     D7
On a slow boat to China
G7        C7     F    AbdimGm7C7
All to my self a lone

Chorus 2:

F           D7
I'd love to  get you
     Gm7  Em7-5   Abdim
On a slow boat to China
F         A7     Bb   D7
All to my self a lone

Gm7            Abdim
A twist in the rudder
  F   Eb7    D7
A rip in the sail
G7
Drift-in' and dreamin'
           Gm7              C7  C+
Throw your compass over the rail

F          D7
Out on the ocean
         Gm7         Abdim
Far from all the com motion
F            A7       Bb   D7
Melting your heart of stone

       Gm7         Abdim
Honey, I'd love to get you
     F    Eb7     D7
On a slow boat to China
G7        Gm7  C7F    E7Eb7D7
All to my self a lone
G7        Gm7  C7F    Gm7C7F6
All to my self a lone

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