Eddie Noack – The Poor Chinee (Guitar)

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Track 11 of 30 on the album "Ain't the Reaping Ever Done? (1962-1976)" (2015) [Intro] E
 E
(Take a little girl from the poor Chinee)
E E [Verse 1]
E
My name-a Sinsin, me come from China

                  B7         E
Biggy low ship, I come along here

E
Wind blow hard, it kick-y up bubbly

                      B7        E
Ship make a China boy feel very queer

E
Me bring along me a little girl nice-y

                       B7    E
She come along just to be my wife

E
Say that she love me once or twice-y

                        B7         E
Make a big swear, do it all of her life
[Chorus]
A                  D         A
Me like a bow-wow, very good chow chow

          E            B7         E
Me like-a little girl, she like-a me

                        A         E
Me come from Hong Kong, white man come along

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee

 E
(Take a little girl from the poor Chinee)
E [Chorus]
E
Me go-ey downstairs, take a little walk-y

                      B7      E
Bye-bye, little girl, me come back

E
Me catch a white man and little girl talk-y

                         B7        E
He kiss-a little girl, a very good smack

E
Long time ago, when we were babies

                    B7     E
Our fathers lit ceremonial fires

E
Swore someday we'd kissy kissy coochie

                     B7       E
Now white man makin' ancestor liar
[Chorus]
A                  D         A
Me like a bow-wow, very good chow chow

          E            B7         E
Me like-a little girl, she like-a me

                        A         E
Me come from Hong Kong, white man come along

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee

 E
(Take a little girl from the poor Chinee)
[Verse 3]
E
Me think-y something smell fishy fishy

                     B7          E
Something besides my shrimp chow mein

E
Little girl actin' kinda wash-a-wishy

                    B7       E
Make a Chinee sorta sorry he came
[Chorus]
A                  D         A
Me like a bow-wow, very good chow chow

          E            B7         E
Me like-a little girl, she like-a me

                        A         E
Me come from Hong Kong, white man come along

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee

A             E             B7      E
Take a little girl from the poor Chinee