Shanghai Breezes    (video)    (intro)

 

    Dm - G - C - G

 

          C                       G                        Em             F

1. Its funny how you sound as if you’re right next door,

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    when you’re really half a world away.

       C                          G                          Em        F

    I just can’t seem to find the words I’m looking for,

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    to say the things that I want to say.

 

        C                          G                Em        F

2. I can’t remember when I felt so close to you,

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    it’s almost more than I can bear.

              C                       G                  Em             F

    And though I seem a half a million miles from you,

                 C                       Am     Dm    - G

    you are in my heart and living there.

 

                 C                   F                  C                      Am

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see,

            Dm                     G         C    - G

it’s the same old sun up in the sky.

                 C                F                C           Am

And your voice in my ear is like heaven to me,

               Dm                   G              C

like the breezes here in old Shanghai.

 

+  Dm - G - C - G

 

                     C                  G                Em               F

3. There are lovers who walk hand in hand in the park,

            C               Am        Dm      - G

    and lovers who walk all alone.

                     C                G         Em            F

    There are lovers who lie unafraid in the dark,

            C               Am        Dm      - G

    and lovers who long for home.

 

         C                         G          Em        F

4. I couldn’t leave you even if I wanted to,

 

 

 

 

 

                C                          Am       Dm     - G

    you’re in my dreams and always near,

                 C                     G                         Em         F

    and especially when I sing the songs I wrote for you,

                 C         Am                    Dm    - G

    you are in my heart and living there.

 

                 C                   F                  C                      Am

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see,

            Dm                     G         C    - G

it’s the same old sun up in the sky.

                C                  F                    C           Am

And your face in my dreams is like heaven to me,

               Dm                   G              C

like the breezes here in old Shanghai.

 

       Dm            G         Em          Am       F                 G        C

    Shanghai breezes, cool and clearing evening’s sweet caress,

        Dm          G         Em          Am        Dm                     F        G

    Shanghai breezes, soft and gentle remind me of your tenderness.

 

                 C                   F                  C                      Am

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see,

            Dm                     G         C    - G

it’s the same old sun up in the sky.

                C               F               C            Am

And your love in my life is like heaven to me,

               Dm                   G              C

like the breezes here in old Shanghai.

 

                                                                   Dm                   G              C

+ G + repeat CHORUS     + Just like the breezes here in old Shanghai.

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (John Denver)