Oh, oh, oh, (Am7)oh,
lit tle Chi na (G6/9)girl.
Oh, oh, oh, (Am7)oh,
lit tle Chi na (G6)girl.
I could es cape this feel ing
with my Chi na girl,
Wake up just in the morn ing; out where’s my my
lit tle Chi na girl.
I hear her (Em7)heart
beat ing
loud as thun der,
see see the stars
crash ing.
down.
(G6)girl.
I’m could a mess with out my
lit tle Chi na girl.
Wake up just in the morn ing; out where’s my my
lit tle Chi na girl?
I hear her (Em7)heart’s
beat ing
loud
as thun der,
I’d see the stars
crash ing down.
I’d feel pre trag ic like I
was Mar lon Bran do,
when I’d look at my Chi na girl.
I could pre tend that noth ing
real ly meant too much,
when I’d look at my Chi na girl.
I’d stum ble in to town,
just like a sa cred cow.
(C)Vi sions of swas ti cas in my head, and (Em)plans for ev ’ry one.
It’s in the whites
of my (D)eyes.
My lit tle Chi na girl,
you should n’t mess with me.
I’ll ru in ev ’ry thing you are
I’ll give you tel e vi sion,
I’ll give you eyes
of blue,
I’ll give you men who want to rule
the world.
And when I get ex cit ed
my lit tle Chi na girl
says:
“Oh Jim my just you shut your mouth.”
She says:
“shhh”
she says:
“shhh.”
And when I get ex cit ed
my lit tle Chi na girl says:
“Oh Jim my just you shut your mouth.”
She says:
“shhh”
she says:
“shhh.”
Oh, oh, oh, (Am)oh, oh,
lit tle Chi na (G6)girl.
Oh, oh, oh, (Am)oh, oh,
lit tle Chi na (G6)girl.
This page shows “China Girl” by Iggy Pop in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.