Written by Hoagy Carmichael/Paul Francis Webster
Intro: C#m (6x) G#7 C#m Part 1 C#m C#m7 C#m6 A/C# It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man C#m G#7 C#m Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong. C#m C#m7 C#m6 A/C# He got twenty years privilege taken away from him G#7 C#m When he kicked old Buddha's gong Part 2 B E And now he's popping the piano just to raise the price C#m Amaj7 G#7 Of a ticket to the land of the free E Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice B7 E G#7 C#m But it's really in Tennessee, that's why he said:Part 3 C#m C#m6 C#m I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then C#m/B A7 G#7 C#m E6 A B E A E I'll leave Hong Kong behind me for happiness once again Part 4 A A#dim7 Won't somebody believe E E7 I've a yen to see that bay again A A#dim7 Every time I try to leave E G#7 Sweet opium won't let me fly awayG# C#m I need someone to love me G#7 C#m C#m/B Amaj7 G#7 C#m E6 I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco A B E G#7 And bury my body thereOutro: C#m (6x) G#7 C#m C#m C#m7 C#m6 A/C# That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man C#m G#7 C#m Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong. C#m7 C#m6 A/C# He got twenty years privilege taken away from him G#7 C#m When he kicked old Buddha's gongC#m I need someone to love me G#7 C#m C#m/B A7 G#7 E I need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco A B E And bury my body there