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China Girl by David Bowie - Guitar Chords

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            China Girl

Written by David Bowie & Iggy Pop
First released in 1977 by Iggy Pop

This version from David Bowie’s Let’s Dance Album 1983
Note Album version is 5min 32 seconds long and has a longer ending than the single.


No Capo for Album version.  (But I like to play with Capo 2)

[Intro] - Riff played 3 times.

e|-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--
B|-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--
G|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
D|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
A|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
E|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------

                                Em  G         Am
                                Oh  oh  oh    oh-oh             Little  China
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B|-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--
G|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
D|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
A|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
E|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------

         Em                    Em  G         Am                              G
         Girl                  Oh  oh  oh    oh-oh              Little China Girl
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B|-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--
G|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
D|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
A|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------
E|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------

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                      B7
Saw they stars crashing

G                     Am
I’m a mess without my little China Girl
G                                  Am
Wake up in the mornings where’s my little China Girl
Em                       G
I hear her heart beating loud as thunder
Am                      B7 
Saw they stars crashing down 

G                        F                                   
I feel a-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

Em   D   C   B

Em                  D
I stumble into town just like a sacred cow
C                               
Visions of swastikas in my head 
B
Plans for everyone
Em                      D      C   B7 
It’s in the white of my eyes

Em                    
My little China Girl 
D
You shouldn’t mess with me
C                        B
I’ll ruin everything you are (you know)
Em                         
I’ll give you television 
D
I’ll give you eyes of blue
C                                B
I’ll give you a man who wants to rule the world

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

         Em            D 
She says sh-sh-shhh 
         C             B
She says sh-sh-shhh  

[Guitar Solo]
She Says       She says
        Em  D           C   B   Em   D   C   B

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

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

         Em            D 
She says sh-sh-shhh 
         C             B
She says sh-sh-shhh  

She Says       
        Em  D   C   B

[Play opening Riff to fade]

Em  G       Am                    Em
Oh  oh oh   oh-oh    Little China Girl
Em  G       Am                    Em
Oh  oh oh   oh-oh    Little China Girl
Em  G       Am                    Em
Oh  oh oh   oh-oh    Little China Girl
Em  G       Am                    Em
Oh  oh oh   oh-oh    Little China Girl 
        

We also have 79 songs by David Bowie

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• Absolute Beginners
• Across The Universe
• After All
• Aladdin Sane
• All The Madmen
• All The Young Dudes
• Always Crashing In The Same Car
• Amsterdam
• An Occasional Dream
• Andy Warhol
• As The World Falls Down
• Ashes To Ashes
• Be My Wife
• Blue Jean
• Cat People Putting Out Fire
• Changes
• China Girl
• Cracked Actor
• Cygnet Committee
• Dancing In The Street
• Diamond Dogs
• Drive-In Saturday
• Fame
• Fashion
• Fill Your Heart
• Five Years
• God Knows Im Good
• Golden Years
• Hang On To Yourself
• Heroes
• It Aint Easy
• Janine
• John Im Only Dancing
• Kooks
• Lady Grinning Soul
• Lady Stardust
• Lets Dance
• Letter To Hermione
• Life On Mars
• Magic Dance
• Memory Of A Free Festival
• Modern Love
• Moonage Daydream
• My Death
• Oh You Pretty Things
• Panic In Detroit
• Queen Bitch
• Quicksand
• Rebel Rebel
• Rock N Roll Suicide
• Rock N Roll With Me
• Scary Monsters And Super Creeps
• Seven
• Sorrow
• Soul Love
• Sound And Vision
• Space Oddity
• Starman
• Station To Station
• Suffragette City
• Sweet Thing
• The Bewlay Brothers
• The Jean Genie
• The Man Who Sold The World
• The Prettiest Star
• The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
• The Width Of A Circle
• This Is Not America
• Thursdays Child
• Time
• Underground
• Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
• Velvet Goldmine
• Watch That Man
• Wild Is The Wind
• Word On A Wing
• Young Americans
• Ziggy Stardust

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