Shanghied Chords
by Burl Ives
Shanghied by Burl Ives is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, A, D, G and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C A
#1
D G
I played around in Chinatown, just a-passin'
D G D
time away when Black Jack Red hit me in the head
G D G
And when I woke up next day, I was many miles
D Am7 D A
away
D
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter
D
I was shanghied eatin' beans and taters
D
I was shanghied on an ocean freighter
G D G
And I wanna get back to shore, back to the Gold
D
Coast shore
#2
D G
They throwed me off in old Hong Kong, put me on
D
my own
G D G
Not a penny in my pocket, ten thousand miles from
D G D Am7 D A
home that's a mighty long way from home
D
I was shanghied in old Hong Kong
D
I was shanghied, I was all alone
D
I was shanghied, wanna get back home
G D G
Back to the Gold Coast shore, back to the Gold
D
Coast shore
#3
D G
I worked for grub on an old Dutch tub, and wound up
D
in L A
G D
When a pretty little girl took me on a whirl and
G D G D Am7 D A
when I woke up next day, when I woke up next day
D
I was shanghied for the rest of my life
D
I was shanghied, but that's all right
D
I was shanghied, got a pretty little wife
G D G
And I'm never leavin' home no more, never leavin'
D
home no more
OUTRO:
G D Am7 D A Am7 D A
Never leavin' home no more
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat