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Song title:       China Girl
Original Album:	  Let's Dance

Words and Music by David Bowie and Iggy Pop
Copyright © 1983 EMI America Records
Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Am unsure about this song structure. I've called the first two parts verses.
But what do you call the rest?


INTRO:
Chords:
Am  x02210 or 577555
G   320033 or 355433


[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x4]

Guitar Figure 1

                                                        Am
|-7-7\5-5/7-7\5---7-7\5-5/7-7\5-5-/-3-3\5-5-5---5-------5-5-5---5--|
|-5-5\3-3/5-5\3---5-5\3-3/5-5\3-3-/-1-1\3-3-3---3-------5-5-5---5--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------5-5-5---5--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------7-7-7---7--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------7-7-7---7--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------5-5-5---5--|
 
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


          Am               G
Oh, oh oh oh, little China Girl

          Am               G
Oh, oh oh oh, little China Girl



VERSE:
Chords:
G  320033    Em 022000
Am x02210    B  x24442

G                             Am
  I could escape this feeling    with my China Girl
G                           Am
  I feel a wreck without my    little China Girl
Em                                 G
  I feel her heart beating loud as thunder
Am                       B
  Saw the stars crashing


VERSE:
Chords:
G  320033    Em 022000
Am x02210    B  x24442

G                       Am
  I'm a mess without my    little China girl
G                                    Am
  Wake up in the morning, where's my    little China girl
Em                                 G
  I hear her heart beating loud as thunder
Am                       B 
  Saw the stars crashing down


Chords:
G  320033    Em 022000
F  x33211    D  xx0232

G                             F                                   
  I'm feeling tragic like I'm   Marlon Brando
Em                        D
  When I look at my China girl

G                         F
  I could pretend nothing   really meant too much
Em                        D
  When I look at my China girl


[play: | Em | D | C | B |]


Chords:
Em 022000    C x35553
D  x57775    B x24442

Em                    D
  I stumble into town   just like a sacred cow
C                                B
Visions of swastikas in my head, plans for everyone

Em                        D    C  B
  It's in the white of my eyes

Em                      D 
  My little China girl,   you shouldn't mess with me
C                          B
  I'll ruin everything you are (you know)

Em                          D   
  I'll give you television,   I'll give you eyes of blue
C                                  B
  I'll give you a man who wants to rule the world


OUTRO:
Chords:
G  320033    Em 022000
F  x33211    D  xx0232

G                         F 
  And when I get excited,   my little China girl says
Em                            D
  Oh baby, just you shut your mouth

         Em         D          C        B
She says    "Shhh",   she says   "shhh"
         Em          D  C  B
She says    She says


[play out over: | Em | D | C | B |]