Shanghai'd In Shanghai

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

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

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

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Shanghai'd in Shanghai,    stood
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 on in Tucson.
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ripped off and kicked right out 
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the b......ed.

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

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

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