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Part 1
It's the C#mstory C#m7of a very unfortunate C#coloredA/C man
Who got aC#mrrested down inG#7 old Hong C#mKong.
He got tC#mwenty yC#m7ears privilege taken aC#way from A/Chim
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:
GI C#mneed someone to love me
I need somebG#7ody to C#mcarryC#m meB Amaj7home to G#7San FranC#mciscoE6
And Abury my Bbody EthereG#7
Part 3
I C#mneed someone to lend mC#e a C#mfifty dollar bill and then
C#m I'Bll 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
I C#mneed someone to love me
I need someG#7body to C#mcarrC#my meB A7home to G#7San FranEcisco
And Abury my Bbody Ethere
C#mG#7C#m
That's the C#mstory of a C#m7very unfortunate C#colored A/Cman
Who got arrC#mested down inG#7 old Hong C#mKong.
He got twenty C#m7years privilege taken C#away from A/Chim
When he G#7kicked old Buddha's C#mgong
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