C                               F                 C
I always start to singin' every time you pull the string in

    F              C                G7
I'm standin' by to just be standin' by

      C                       F                 C
Yes I say I've had enough and this time I'm not bluffin'

        F              C      G7            C
But for all the tea in China  I know it's a lie


                                      F              C
And I said I wouldn't hang around for all the tea in China

    F              C            G7
For all the tea in China and my soul

      C                     F               C
Yes I say I'm gonna pack up this time gonna give up

        F              C      G7      C
But for all the tea in China  I can't go


                          F                   C
The palm of your hand now that's where you’ve got me

       F         C          G7
That's where I'm longin' to be

C                F            C
Try as I may now I just can't stop me

    F              C      G7                 C
For all the tea in China  I hang on desperately


                                      F              C
And I said I wouldn't hang around for all the tea in China

    F              C            G7
For all the tea in China and my soul

      C                     F               C
Yes I say I'm gonna pack up this time gonna give up

        F              C      G7      C
But for all the tea in China  I can't go


    F              C      G7      C
For all the tea in China  I can't go