Intro
(acoustic guitar; full band enters where indicated by chords):
D [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
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-/-------2-2-4-5-|---5-7---9-------
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D [N.C.*] D7 Db7
v v v v v v v v
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-/-/-----9-9-8---|-5-------4-------
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* end cold last time
Verse 1:
DO7
In a Shanghai noodle factory
Place where I once used to be
SOL7
Nowhere doing nothing
DO7
People there were made of steel
Tiny cogs in one big wheel
SOL7
Turning never learning
Bridge 1:
SIb
Had to make a break
DO FA LA
Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
SIb REm/LA SOLm SIbmaj7/FA
On my island of dreams
MIdim7 LA7 REm
With impo... ssible schemes
(acoustic guitar w/flute and organ):
(Dm) SOLm DO
[repeat intro]
Verse 2:
In a Shanghai noodle factory
Place where I once used to be
Nowhere doing nothing
Villages of plastic men
Packed like roosters in a pen
Crowing, never knowing
Bridge 2:
SIb
Had to make a break
DO FA
Knew I couldn't fake it any longer
Everything at stake
Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
On my island of dreams
With impossible schemes
[repeat intro]
Break:
DO7
In a Shanghai noodle factory - place where I once used to be
SOL7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
DO7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
SOL7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
DO7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
SOL7
Nowhere...
(instrumental solos over same chord progression):
DO7 SOL7 6X
[repeat bridge 2]
[repeat intro; end as indicated]
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