Invitation To The Ping-Pong Ball

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[Verse]
A    D A    D A    D A    D
                          In the
A             D A            E          E7       A
alley-ways of Peking and the streets of old Shanghai,
D   G                   Dsus  D            A
The restaurants do good bus  'ness and the Rickshaws
         E         A    D   A            D     E
rattle by.     The Oriental Wombles fill the Chinese
    E7  A        G                    D
litter bins with nuts and bolts and boiling rice and
A               E             D    A       D  A  N.C.
old chop suey tins. (Old chop suey tins.)


[Chorus]
         A          A
You're invited to a Ping Pong Ball
       A                A                E
in the Chinese Wombling Ping Pong Ball Hall.
                A    E             A    E     E
(You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong Ball.)
         A          A
You're invited to a Ping Pong Ball
       A                A              E
in the Chinese Wombling Ping Pong Ball Hall.
                A    E             A
(You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong,
D                 G    D               G
   You're invited to a Wombling Ping.) From the


[Verse]
A         D   A     D      E        E7       A
Yangtse Kyang Basin to the Shantung Mountain Hills
D      G              D        A                E
  They exorcise their Oriental litter picking skills.
           A           D  A             D    E           E7       A
There's an ancient Womble proverb which they sing to the yellow seas:
G                     D           A                E
"He who cleans the country side deserves to be Chinese".
       D  A     D A  N.C.
(To be Chinese).


[Chorus]
         A          A
You're invited to a Ping Pong Ball
       A                A                E
in the Chinese Wombling Ping Pong Ball Hall.
                A    E             A    E     E
(You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong Ball.)
         A          A
You're invited to a Ping Pong Ball
       A                A              E
in the Chinese Wombling Ping Pong Ball Hall.
                A    E             A
(You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong,
D                 G    D               G
   You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong.)


[Instrumental]
(Chords played as staccato stabs for each chord as per Intro)
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E|-----2---2-------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2-------| 
B|-2-4-------4-2---|-2-4-------4-2---|-2-4-------4-2---|-2-4-------4-2---| 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 

   E   E             E                 E   E             E
E|-----0---0-------|-----0---0-------|-----0---0-------|-----0---0-------| 
B|-0-2-------2-0---|-0-2-------2-0---|-0-2-------2-0---|-0-2-------2-0---| 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 

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E|-----------------|---------2-------| 
B|---0-3---3-0-----|---0-3-----------| 
G|-2-----------2---|-2---------------| 
D|-----------------|-----------------| 
A|-----------------|-----------------| 
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[Verse]

B    E B    E B    E B    E
                          All the
B              E   B       E       F#     F#7       B
harbour lights are shining and the band begins to play.
E   A                      Esus  E             B                F#
The chop sticks hit the drums so hard that you jump out of the way.
B          E  B      E      F#    F#7       B
China town is moving to the Koto and the flute,
        A                 E              B              F#
And the sound of SHanghai Wombles eating crunchy bamboo shoots.
                  E  B            E B  N.C.
(Crunchy, crunchy bamboo shoots.)


[Chorus]
(Repeat to fade or end on Outro)
         B          B
You're invited to a Ping Pong Ball
       B                B                F#
in the Chinese Wombling Ping Pong Ball Hall.
                B    F#            B    F#     F#
(You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong Ball.)
         B          B
You're invited to a Ping Pong Ball
       B                B              F#
in the Chinese Wombling Ping Pong Ball Hall.
                B    F#            B
(You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong,
E                 A    E             A
   You're invited to a Wombling Ping Pong.)

[Otro]
B
ball.