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DO LA/FA
A-F 4 times)
In the haze of the morning, China sits on eternity
DO
LA/FA
And the opium farmers sell dreams to obscure fraternities
SOL SIb LA
On the horizon the curtains are closing
DO
LA/FA
Down in the orchard, the aunties and uncles play their games
LA FA LA FA
(Like it seems they always have done)
DO
LA/FA
In the blue distance, the vertical offices bear their names
LA FA LA FA
(Like it seems they always have done)
SOL SIb LA
Clocks ticking slowly, dividing the day up.
DO
These poor girls are such fun,
LA/FA
They know what God gave them their fingers for
LA FA LA FA
(to make percussion over so-los) [typing percussion]
DO
LA/FA
China, my China, I've wandered around and you're still here
LA FA LA FA
(Which I guess you should be proud of)
DO
Your walls have enclosed you,
Have kept you at home for thousands of years
LA FA LA FA
(But there's something I should tell you)
SOL SIb LA
All the young boys, they are dressing like sailors.
DO
I remember a man who
LA/FA
Jumped out from a window over the bay
LA FA LA FA
(There was hardly a raised eyebrow)
DO
The coroner told me,
LA/FA
This kind of thing happens every day.
SOL SIb LA
You see, from the Pagoda, the world is so tidy.
done by ketty inglet
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