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Somewhere Over China by Jimmy Buffett
Somewhere Over China
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D | D | D | D ||
[Verse 1]
D G
Just a semi normal person, thought he had the future planned,
A A D
then he won some silly sweepstakes, now he had a hundred grand.
D G
Never stopped to think of taxes, he was gone before they knew
A G A D
with a flair for old romantics, to the Orient he flew.
[Verse 2]
D G
When they fueled in Papeete, place a call to Big Mamou,
A A D
with an honest explanation just to tell the whole damn truth.
D G
It's his one chance in a million, who'd deny the simple fact
A G A D
't was no use to talk it over, he'd be home when he got back.
[Chorus 1]
G D
Now he's somewhere over China, lookin' down on all the trails;
A G A D
on the mountains lookin' back at him, it's a real live fairy tale.
G D
Put a little distance between causes and effects
A G A D
like a day old fortune cookie askin' who or what comes next.
[Verse 3]
D G
What the hell did Marco Polo think when he ran into the wall,
A A D
or the crazy flying tigers doin' spins and loops and stalls?
D G
Just a taste for something different, perking up a boring day,
A G A D
now our man from Louisiana feels exactly the same way.
[Chorus 2]
G D
They're all somewhere over China, Shanghai or old Peking,
A G A D
on a plane or a boat, in an envelope, real adventure has it's ring.
G D
Just to put a little distance vetween fact and fantasy,
A G A D
still six thousand miles away from where I really want to be.
[Interlude]
A | G A | D | D |
A | G A | D | D ||
[Verse 4]
D G
How I would love to drive the shuttle, just to feel the engines roar,
A A D
and to operate the levers that control the payload doors.
D G
I could buzz the Himalayas, barrel roll above Hong Kong,
A G A D
set her down in San Francisco to the clanging of the gong.
[End-Chorus]
G D
We're all somewhere over China, headin' East of headin' West,
A G A D
takin' time to live a little, flying so far from the nest.
G D
Just to put a little distance between causes and effects,
A G A
like an ancient fortune teller knowin' who and what comes [Outro] next.
[Outro] (Fading Out)
D | D | D | D
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