Id Like To Get You On A Slow Boat To China Chords

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Id Like To Get You On A Slow Boat To China by Frank Loesser is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G#m6(5+), Am7, C6, D7, A#m6(5+), G6, B7/F#, E7, F#6, F6, A7, A13, Eb7, D7(5+), Cm6 and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro 
G G#m6(5+) Am7  C6 D7  

Verse 
G           G#m6(5+)        Am7          A#m6(5+) 
I'd like to get you, on a slow boat to China 
G6       B7/F#  C6     E7 
All to myself, alone    
Am7         A#m6(5+)          G6   F#6 F6    E7 
Get you and keep you, in my arms e - ver - more 
A7             A13      D7                  Eb7 D7      D7(5+)  
Leave all your lovelies weeping on the far away shore    

G          G#m6(5+)        Am7          A#m6(5+) 
Out on the briny, with a moon big and shiny 
G6           B7/F#    C6      E7 
Melting your heart of stone    
Am7         Cm6          G6   F#6  F6 E7 
I'd like to get you on a slow boat to China 
A7       D7     G      F#6 F6 E7   
All to myself, alone         

Outro 
A7       D7     G      F#6 F6 E7  
All to myself, alone
A7      D7  G           
All, to myself, alone 

Cm6  G  D7 G F# G 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante