Intro: C#m (6x)  G#7  C#m 

Part 1 
         C#m   C#m7                  C#m6   A/C# 
It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man 
         C#m            G#7       C#m 
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong. 
        C#m    C#m7                  C#m6     A/C# 
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him 
        G#7                 C#m 
When he kicked old Buddha's gong 

Part 2 
             B                         E 
And now he's popping the piano just to raise the price 
     C#m                       Amaj7  G#7 
Of a ticket to the land of the free 
         E 
Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice 
         B7               E   G#7             C#m 
But it's really in Tennessee,   that's why he said: 


[Refrão]
 
G# C#m 
I  need someone to love me 
            G#7    C#m  C#m/B Amaj7   G#7     C#m  E6 
I need somebody to carry  me  home to San Francisco 
    A       B    E    G#7 
And bury my body there 

Part 3 
  C#m                   C#m6  C#m 
I need someone to lend me   a fifty dollar bill and then 
C#m/B        A7      G#7   C#m  E6    A         B       E  A E 
  I'll leave Hong Kong behind me  for happiness once again 

Part 4 
A                    A#dim7 
 Won't somebody believe 
       E                 E7 
I've a yen to see that bay again 
A                   A#dim7 
 Every time I try to leave 
      E                       G#7 
Sweet opium won't let me fly away 


[Refrão]
 
  C#m 
I need someone to love me 
           G#7     C#m C#m/B  A7      G#7     E 
I need somebody to carry me   home to San Francisco 
    A       B    E 
And bury my body there 

Outro: 
C#m (6x)  G#7  C#m 

           C#m        C#m7             C#m6    A/C# 
That's the story of a very unfortunate colored man 
           C#m          G#7       C#m 
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong. 
              C#m7                  C#m6      A/C# 
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him 
        G#7                 C#m 
When he kicked old Buddha's gong