China My China

          C                        
A-F 4 times)

              A/F

In the haze of the morning, China 
sits on eternity
               C
              A/F
And the opium farmers sell dreams to
 obscure fraternities
G                               
On the horizon the curtains are 
A#                   A
closing
C
                    A/F
Down in the orchard, the aunties and
 uncles play their games
             A            F   
(Like it seems they always have 
                A        F
done)
C
          A/F
In the blue distance, the vertical 
offices bear their names
              A           F   
(Like it seems they always have 
                 A        F
done)
Continues after the ad
G                                 
Clocks ticking slowly, dividing 
    A#                 A
the day up.
C
These poor girls are such fun,
They know what God gave them their 
fingers for
               A/F

                 A          F  
(to make percussion over so-los) 
      A            F
[typing percussion]
C
               A/F
China, my China, I've wandered 
around and you're still here
                A                 
(Which I guess you should be proud
F                 A         F
 of)
         C
Your walls have enclosed you,

Have kept you at home for thousands 
of years
                      A         F 
(But there's something I should 
                  A        F
tell you)
G                          
All the young boys, they are 
                      A#           
dressing like sailors.
         A

C
I remember a man who
Jumped out from a window over the 
bay
   A/F

                       A     F    
(There was hardly a raised 
A                 F
eyebrow)
C
The coroner told me,
This kind of thing happens every 
day.
A/F

G                                 
You see, from the Pagoda, the 
                   A#              
world is so tidy.
    A

   done by ketty inglet