In China Or A Womans Heart

CAPO: 3rd Fret Chorus: -(# 1st 2 lines sung a Capella #)- G C G Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow C G A7 D Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago G C Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees G D G That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories D C G She got it from her captain when he sailed around the horn C G D Bringing gifts from China to their Oklahoma home G C There were fancy silks and carved wood chests from the places he had gone G D G She kept them all until she died, but this was her favourite one Chorus: C G Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow C G A7 D Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago G C Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees G D G D G That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories D C G And she kept it on her dresser filled with gold and silver rings C G D Necklaces of turquoise beads and other things G C It filled her heart with the mystery and the magic of the day G D G When he gave it to her for her own, in his quiet loving way D C G Ten years they spent together, he'd come home and then he'd leave C G D One day while she waited, he disappeared at sea G C No one knew how she called his name to the silent rocks and stones G D G Or how she'd sit and hold that little box, so she would not feel alone Chorus: C G Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow C G A7 D Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago G C Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees G D G That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories Instrumental: G C G C G A D G C G D G D C G No, she never was a dancer or wrote a fancy line C G D The treasures of her life, were the things she left behind G C They buried her without them, where the prairie grasses grow G D G In China or a woman's heart, there are places no one knows Chorus: C G Just a little box all covered with blossoms white as snow C G A7 D Chinese red and made of brass that he gave her long ago G C Like the red dirt Oklahoma hills and the springtime flowering trees G D G That she kept with all the love they shared inside her memories C They buried her without them where the prairie grasses grow G D G In China or a woman's heart, there are places no one knows