Hong Kong Blues chords by George Harrison

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:

G# 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 there

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 away


 C#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

Outro:
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 gong