Sketches Of China

C                Em7          Am
He's stronger by talk than by sight
       F
But by sight he'll know you
C             Em7  Am    F
You buy him a ride ooh   then he knows you
C          Em7      Am       F
Somebody's bound to lead you
C         Em7                   Am       F
Sooner or later you're bound to go
C    Em7                     Am
You don't know what this man feels like
    F                   C    Em7            Am
He doesn't care if you think you know
F                   C    Em7            Am
Somebody's bound to lead you
F                            C    Em7
That man got a smile on his face
  Am                   F                    C
Sooner or later you're bound to go, bound to go


C                      Em7
Let me tell you bout a man I knew
    Am                       F
He roamed the depth and the breadth of China
C                   Em7
On a horse that he grew himself
           Am              F
From the bark of a tree on mainland China
C             Em7        Am                  F
And he had a time yes he had the time of his life in China
C                     Em7        Am                    F
He carried strife and harmony to all the people on the mainland yes he did

C     Em7   Am   F     C     Em7   Am   F

C                Em7        Am              F
And there was a warlord who rode the murky depths of China
C             Em7                  Am                F
With a shotgun in his hand and he wondered where the people'd gone to
C                Em7     Am            F
Have you got the time to listen while i sing this song
C                 Em7                  Am                   F
I had the time to listen to the man go right and wrong and right thru China

[Chorus]

      Bb             F                 C
And it ain't what you want it's what you need
      Bb             F                  C
No it ain't what you want it's what you need
        Bb        F               G
And I'd rather be here than yesterday
   Bb             F                  C     Em7           Am      F
It ain't what you want it's what you need  It's what you need



[Bridge]

C     Em7   Am   F     C     Em7   Am   F

C     Em7   Am   F                       C         Em7   Am   F
                                        Lai dai da dai da dai
C          Em7   Am   F                       C     Em7   Am   F
Lai dai da dai (what you need)           Lai dai da dai da dai
C     Em7   Am   F     C     Em7   Am   F   Em D B
Lai dai da dai (what you need)

B                        F
And there was a lady she rolled around in town in China


    Em              F
And there was a lady she rolled and rolled
    Em                    F
And she killed a war she made the warlord rise in time
    Em                                   F
She sat him down took him down and she laid him out for just
               Em      F    Em   F
one more round
 Em                           F
Drunk in a beautiful garden celebration
Em                   F
Here comes the Khan Storm the palace look for Alice
Em                  F
Rising Oriental girl diving back for just one more pearl


[Chorus]

       Bb             F                   C
And it ain't what she wants it's what she needs
    Bb              F               C
She don't want your sound she wants your country
        Bb             F                G
And I'd rather be next year than on the way to Bombay
   Bb             F                  C
It ain't what you want it's what you need
   Bb             F                  C
It ain't what you want it's what you need
   Bb             F                  C
It ain't what you want it's what you need
   Bb             F                  C
It ain't what you want it's what you need
   Bb             F                  C
It ain't what you want it's what you need
   Bb             F                  C
It ain't what you want it's what you need