* Song: * Album: * Version: * Interpretation: * Tuning: * Notes: An Irishman in Chinatown Riverside 1 / 2 »»» Peter Donnelly (peter.donnelly@eurocontrol.be) D A D G A D This transcription was inspired by the live version on the "First Bloom" album. That's why the lyrics are changed to give it a Kildare accent.

An Irishman in Chinatown

Intro/Slide (Play fast and hard. Hold the end for a couple of extra 
beats)

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Chorus/Fill: " We could go for a walk....."
(If you have a fast and accurate plec hand, you should play the notes 
on the middle D string. If you haven't a fast hand you can hammer and 
pull, but you have to be aggressive. It works..honest!)


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A---------------------x-x-x-x-x-------------------o-o-o-o-o--
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A---------------------o-o-o-o-o-------------------x-x-x-x-x--
D---------------------o-o-o-o-o-------------------x-x-x-x-x--


        D             
Oh the other day in Chinatown
    G                 
A place you all know well
        C            G/B          D
I was takin' in the action all around
           
There were people rushing everywhere
       G
With things to buy and sell
            C                  G/B           D
There were taxis looking for someone to run down


          D                                G
I was studying the walkmans in a special discount store
        C        G/B   D
When I saw her walking by
               
Oh she was unbelievably beautiful
        G
And I love'd  the things she wore
     C                  G/B        D
So there and then up to her I did fly


Chorus:
Fill:
We could go for a walk
We could maybe stay in
Fill:
We could have a good talk
But then again...
Slide: 
(Play the slide and pause where appropriate/desired with
the lyrics. Some artistic license may be needed here!)
I'd love to just take you for a walk down Broadway
Or any ould way
Just yourself and meself
Ah go on!


      D
She says "I come from China"
         G
I says "I'm from Ireland
           C           G/B         D
And sure isn't this a fine small world"
                        
So we went down to Greenwich Village
               G       
and we were walking hand in hand
    C              G/B               D
Admiring all the things I couldn't afford


Chorus, Fill, Fill.
Slide:
I'd love to just give you one small kiss
Just a little one
Ah go on!


Oh well
       D
She brought me back to her place
          G
Just to drink a cup of tea
       C               G/B              D
She brought me in and made me feel at home
                                       G
It was a tiny room she lived in with another family
      C                    G/B           D         
But sure they were out and we were all alone


Chorus, Fill, Fill.
Slide:
I suppose we could get nice and toasty
Watch some TV
See what happens
Ah go on!


         D                
Well, I woke up on the sidewalk
           G 
There was no one there at all
      C                 G/B          D
She must have gone with Luka left behind
             D              
And when I turned around to look for her
       G            
She couldn't hear me call
           C              G/B 
Sure the whole affair was only in me mind

Slide: Ah...


(Repeat D G C G/B 4 times while singing Skiddledejauldediddlededay...

Chorus, Fill, Fill.
Chorus, Fill, Fill.
Slide.

Finish with D' (4x)