C  G  C 

[Verse 1]
        G                    F 
Standing on a corner in downtown L.A.
C                      G     
Waiting for the man to come along
                             F    
She comes up to me and says "Too bad, too sad"
       C                         G
You know that he's been dead and gone
C
  L.A. lady, kinda shady
        D
She picked him up and took him home
   G                F
I woke up groggy my sight was smoggy
        C                    G
And I knew that it had been blown

[Verse 3]
                     F  
Early in the morning sitting in a hotel
 C                                G  
Moscow's looking fine through the wine
              F    
Spaced out I crashed out
         C                  G 
When the K.G.B. came on the line.
C
It's a cold one, bein' sent down
     D
It's gotta be fifty below
  G                       F 
Mama here's a postcard to let you know
         C                        G
I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal

[Interlude]
F  C  G
F  C  

[Chorus]
F                  C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
F              C    
Stood on in Tucson
G                                   C      F C 
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed

[Verse 3]
 G                            F 
Flyin' across the desert from Texas to Tucson
C                         G 
But we're headed for a southern star
                      F 
The captain says it's fine in Havana
      C                      G 
This dude behind me needs a cigar
C
He's a big one, he's got a big gun
       G
I guess we better go along
                   F
Mister we've got a gig in Arizona
       C                      G  
Second billing to the rolling stones

[Interlude]
C  F  C  F

[Chorus]
F                  C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
F              C    
Stood on in Tucson
G                                   C      F C        
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed

[Chorus]
F                  C
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
F                C
Laid low in 'Frisco
G                           C
Done in and left behind for dead

[Interlude]
F  C  G  
F  C  G  
F  C  G  

[Outro]
F   C
Ooh Hoo
C                 G
Shanghai'd in Shanghai
C               G
Laid low in 'Frisco
G                           C
Done in and left behind for dead