I like Chinese
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Spoken:
The world today seems absolutely crackers,
With nuelear bombs to blow us all
There are tools and idiots sitting
on the trigger,
It's depressing and it's senseless
and that's why:
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
They only come up to your knees,
G Em
Yet they're always friendly, and
Am D
they're ready to please.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
There's nine hundred million of
them in the world today,
G Em
You'd better learn to like them,
Am D
that's what I say.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
They come from a long way overseas,
G
But they're cute and they're
Em Am D
cuddly, and they're ready to please.
G
I like Chinese food,
A
The waiters never are rude,
D
Think of the many things they've
done to impress,
G Em Am D
There's Maoism, Taoism, I Ching and Chess.
G
So I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
I like their tiny little trees,
G Em Am D
Their Zen, their Ping-pong, their yin and yang-ese.
G
I like Chinese thought,
A
The wisdom that Confucious taught
D
If Darwin is anything to shout about,
G Em
The Cinese will survive us all
Am D
without any doubt.
G
So, I like Chinese
A
I like Chinese
D
They only come up to your knees,
G Em
Yet they are wise and they're witty
Am D
and are ready to please.
G
I like Chinese
A
I like Chinese
D
Their food if guaranteed to please,
G Em Am D
A fourteen, a seven, a nine and lynchees.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese,
D
I like their tiny little trees,
G Em
Their Zen, their ping-pong,
Am D
their yin and yang-ese.
G
I like Chinese,
A
I like Chinese ...
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