John Prine - Slow boat to china

Let's take a ^Eslow boat to China, leave from ^ESouth Carolina Let's ^Etake our time and go the long way On a ^Ejunk boat to Thailand with ^Eyour hand in mine hand Well, I ^Esure hope we got something to say This old ^Aboat's got no sail so won't you ^Aplease hold our mail for a^Ewhile Thanks ^Aanyway, pal, but the Suez Canal Ain't our ^B7style

Let's take a ^Eslow boat to China and ^Emaybe we'll find a New ^Eway to play those same old games The ^Estars just might show us and the ^Ecaptain will know us ^EShake our hands and call us by our first names We'll ^Asend a postcard to grandpa of a ^Avase or rickshaw, he don't ^Ecare We'll buy ^Amom a kimono or ^Amaybe we'll just phone her When we're ^B7there

We'll drink ^Asake at night beneath the ^Asoft harbor lights on the ^Ebay We'll ^Abuild house on the hill next to ^AShangri-La Bill, and we'll ^B7stay

Let's take that ^Eslow boat to China ^ESlow boat to China ^ESlow boat to China ^ESlow boat to China ^ELet's go real slow