Shanghai Noodle Factory

(S. Winwood - J. Capaldi - C. Wood)

(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:

In a Shanghai noodle factory

Place where I once used to be

Nowhere doing nothing

People there were made of steel

Tiny cogs in one big wheel

Turning never learning

Bridge 1:

Had to make a break

Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger

On my island of dreams

With impo... ssible schemes

(acoustic guitar w/flute and organ):

(Dm) Gm C

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[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:

Had to make a break

Knew 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

Break:

In a Shanghai noodle factory - place where I once used to be

Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)

Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)

Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)

Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing)

Nowhere...

(instrumental solos over same chord progression):

C7 G7 [6X]

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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers