| N.C. | |
| D |
| v v v v v v v v |
---------2-2-3-5-|---5-7---8-------| -----------------|-----------------| -/-------2-2-4-5-|---5-7---9-------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
| N.C.* | |
| D | D7 Db7 |
| v v v v v v v v |
---------8-8-7---|-5-------4-------| -----------------|-----------------| -/-/-----9-9-8---|-5-------4-------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
| * end cold last time |
| Verse 1: |
| C7 | |
| In a Shanghai noodle factory |
| Place where I once used to be |
| G7 | |
| Nowhere doing nothing |
| C7 | |
| People there were made of steel |
| Tiny cogs in one big wheel |
| G7 | |
| T | urning never learning |
| Bridge 1: |
| Bb | |
| Had to make a break |
| C | F | A | |
| S | oon I had to wake up feeling st | ronger, feeling st | ronger |
| Bb | Dm/A | Gm | Bbmaj7/F | |
| On my | island of d | reams |
| Edim7 | A7 | Dm | |
| With im | po... | ssible s | chemes |
| (acoustic guitar w/flute and organ): |
| 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: |
| Bb | |
| Had to make a break |
| C | F | |
| K | new I couldn't fake it any l | onger |
| Everything at stake |
| Soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger |
| On my island of dreams |
| With impossible schemes |
| repeat intro |
| Break: |
| C7 | |
| In a Shanghai noodle factory - place where I once used to be |
| G7 | |
| Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing) |
| C7 | |
| Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing) |
| G7 | |
| Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing) |
| C7 | |
| Nowhere doing nothing (nowhere doing nothing) |
| G7 | |
| Nowhere... |
| (instrumental solos over same chord progression): |
| 6X | |
| C7 G7 |
| repeat bridge 2 |
| repeat intro; end as indicated |
| -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers |