{"id":11029,"date":"2022-06-23T05:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T05:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=11029"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:59:01","slug":"slow-boat-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/slow-boat-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Boat to China"},"content":{"rendered":"

ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA 1948<\/span><\/p>\n

[G] I’d like to [E] get you on a [Am] slow boat to [F#]China,
\n<\/span>[G] All to my-[B7]-self [C] alone [E]<\/span>
\n[F#] Get you and keep you in my [G] arms evermore,<\/span>
\n[A7] Leave all your lovers, [Am] Weeping on a faraway [D] shore.<\/span><\/p>\n

[G] Out on the [E] briny with the [Am] moon big and [F#] shiney.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>[G] Melting your [B7] heart of [C] stone [E]
\n<\/span>[Am] I’d love to get you on a [Cm] slow boat to [G] China
\n<\/span>[Am] All to my-[D]-self [G] alone<\/span>
\n[G] I’d love to [E] get you on a [Am] slow boat to [F#] China<\/span>
\n[B7] All to my-[C]-self [E] alone<\/span><\/p>\n

F# G<\/span>
\nA twist in the rudder &a rip in the sail,<\/span>
\nA7 Am<\/span>
\nD Drifting &dreaming, Throw the bumpers over the rail<\/span>
\nG E Am F#<\/span>
\nOut on the ocean far from all the commotion, G B7 CE<\/span>
\nMelting your heart of stone<\/span>
\nAm Cm G E<\/span>
\nI’d love to get you on a slow boat to China<\/span>
\nAm D G E A7 D<\/span>
\nGCG Al to myself, Nobody else, Al to myself alone<\/span><\/p>\n

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ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA 1948 [G] I’d like to [E] get you on a [Am] slow boat to [F#]China, [G] All to my-[B7]-self [C] alone [E] [F#] Get you and keep you in my [G] arms evermore, [A7] Leave all your lovers, [Am] Weeping on a faraway [D] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSlow Boat to China<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32062,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029\/revisions\/32062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}