Jimmy Buffett - Somewhere Over China Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Just a semi normal person, thought he had the future planned,
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then he won some silly sweepstakes, now he had a hundred grand.
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Never stopped to think of taxes, he was gone before they knew
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with a flair for old romantics, to the Orient he flew.
 
[Verse 2]
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When they fueled in Papeete, place a call to Big Mamou,
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with an honest explanation just to tell the whole damn truth.
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It's his one chance in a million, who'd deny the simple fact
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't was no use to talk it over, he'd be home when he got back.
 
[Chorus 1]
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Now he's somewhere over China, lookin' down on all the trails;
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on the mountains lookin' back at him, it's a real live fairy tale.
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Put a little distance between causes and effects
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like a day old fortune cookie askin' who or what comes next.
 
[Verse 3]
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What the hell did Marco Polo think when he ran into the wall,
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or the crazy flying tigers doin' spins and loops and stalls?
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Just a taste for something different, perking up a boring day,
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now our man from Louisiana feels exactly the same way.
 
[Chorus 2]
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They're all somewhere over China, Shanghai or old Peking,
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on a plane or a boat, in an envelope, real adventure has it's ring.
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Just to put a little distance vetween fact and fantasy,
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still six thousand miles away from where I really want to be.
 
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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How I would love to drive the shuttle, just to feel the engines roar,
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and to operate the levers that control the payload doors.
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I could buzz the Himalayas, barrel roll above Hong Kong,
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set her down in San Francisco to the clanging of the gong.
 
[End-Chorus]
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We're all somewhere over China, headin' East of headin' West,
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takin' time to live a little, flying so far from the nest.
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Just to put a little distance between causes and effects,
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like an ancient fortune teller knowin' who and what comes [Outro] next.
 
[Outro] (Fading Out)
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