- Intro
(acoustic guitar; full band enters where indicated by chords):
D [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
---------2-2-3-5-|---5-7---8-------
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-/-------2-2-4-5-|---5-7---9-------
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D [N.C.*] D7 Db7
v v v v v v v v
---------8-8-7---|-5-------4-------
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-/-/-----9-9-8---|-5-------4-------
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* end cold last time
Verse 1:
C7In a Shanghai noodle factory
Place where I once used to be
G7Nowhere doing nothing
C7People there were made of steel
Tiny cogs in one big wheel
G7Turning never learning
Bridge 1:
- Bb
Had to make a break
C F A Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
Bb Dm/A Gm Bbmaj7/FOn my island of dreams
- Edim7 A7 Dm
With impo... ssible schemes
(acoustic guitar w/flute and organ):
(Dm) Gm C[repeat intro]
Verse 2:
In a Shanghai noodle factory
Place where I once used to be
Nowhere doing nothing
Villages of plastic men
Packed like roosters in a pen
Crowing, never knowing
Bridge 2:
BbHad to make a break
C FKnew I couldn't fake it any longer
Everything at stake
Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
On my island of dreams
With impossible schemes
[repeat intro]
Break:
C7In a Shanghai noodle factory - place where I once used to be
- G7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
C7 Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
G7Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
- C7
Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)
G7 Nowhere...
(instrumental solos over same chord progression):
C7 G7 6X[repeat bridge 2]
[repeat intro; end as indicated]
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