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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro] C#m 6x G#7 C#m [Part 1]
It's the C#mstory C#m7of a very unfortunate C#m6coloredA/C# man Who got aC#mrrested down inG#7 old Hong C#mKong. He got tC#mwenty yC#m7ears privilege taken aC#m6way from A/C#him When he G#7kicked old Buddha's C#mgong
[Part 2]
And now he's Bpopping the piano just to Eraise the price Of a C#mticket to the land of the Amaj7free G#7 Well, he Esays his home's in Frisco where they send the rice But it's B7really in TennessEee, G#7 that's why he C#msaid:
[Chorus]
G#I C#mneed someone to love me I need somebG#7ody to C#mcarryC#m/B me Amaj7home to G#7San FranC#mciscoE6 And Abury my Bbody EthereG#7
[Part 3]
I C#mneed someone to lend mC#m6e a C#mfifty dollar bill and then C#m/B I'll leave A7Hong KonG#7g behiC#mnd meE6 for Ahappiness Bonce agaEin A E
[Part 4]
A Won't somebody belieA#dim7ve I've a Eyen to see that baE7y again A Every time I try toA#dim7 leave Sweet Eopium won't let me fly aG#7way
[Chorus]
I C#mneed someone to love me I need someG#7body to C#mcarrC#m/By me A7home to G#7San FranEcisco And Abury my Bbody Ethere
[Outro] C#m 6x G#7 C#m
That's the C#mstory of a C#m7very unfortunate C#m6colored A/C#man Who got arrC#mested down inG#7 old Hong C#mKong. He got twenty C#m7years privilege taken C#m6away from A/C#him When he G#7kicked old Buddha's C#mgong