I like Chinese Chords
by Monty Python
I like Chinese by Monty Python is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, A, D, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Spoken:
The world today seems absolutely crackers,
With nuelear bombs to blow us all
There are tools and idiots sitting
on the trigger,
It's depressing and it's senseless
and that's why:
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
They only come up to your knees,
G Em
Yet they're always friendly, and
Am D
they're ready to please.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
There's nine hundred million of
them in the world today,
G Em
You'd better learn to like them,
Am D
that's what I say.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
They come from a long way overseas,
G
But they're cute and they're
Em Am D
cuddly, and they're ready to please.
G
I like Chinese food,
A
The waiters never are rude,
D
Think of the many things they've
done to impress,
G Em Am D
There's Maoism, Taoism, I Ching and Chess.
G
So I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
I like their tiny little trees,
G Em Am D
Their Zen, their Ping-pong, their yin and yang-ese.
G
I like Chinese thought,
A
The wisdom that Confucious taught
D
If Darwin is anything to shout about,
G Em
The Cinese will survive us all
Am D
without any doubt.
G
So, I like Chinese
A
I like Chinese
D
They only come up to your knees,
G Em
Yet they are wise and they're witty
Am D
and are ready to please.
G
I like Chinese
A
I like Chinese
D
Their food if guaranteed to please,
G Em Am D
A fourteen, a seven, a nine and lynchees.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
I like their tiny little trees,
G Em
Their Zen, their ping-pong,
Am D
their yin and yang-ese.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese ...