Shanghai Breezes

Words and Music by John Denver
from Season Of The Heart (1982)

Am   D7   G   D 

		   G		 D		    Bm 	     C	
1)	It's      funny how you sound as if you're right next door
3)	There are lovers who    walk hand in 	hand in the park


   	 	 G  	  		Em 		Am 	D7
1)		when you're really     half a world    away
3)	and     lovers who 		walk all       alone


	  	   G		      D			 Bm 	     C
1)	I 	  just can't seem to find the words I'm looking     for
3)	There are lovers who 	     lie            unafraid in the dark


           	 G		     Em 	Am  D7
1)	to 	say the things that  I want to say
3)	and 	lovers who 	     long for  home


	   	G		   D		  Bm 	 C	
1)	I 	can't remember 	 when I felt so close to you
3)	Oh, I  couldn't leave you  even if I 	 wanted to


 	       G	     	 Em 	 Am  D7
1)	it's   almost more than  I can 	bear
3)	you're in my dreams and  always	near


	     	  G		  D		    Bm 	       C	
1)	And 	though I seem  a half a million    miles from you
3)	And    especially when I sing the songs I wrote for   you


 	       G		 Em 	 Am   D7
1)	you're in my heart and  living there
3)	you're in my heart and  living there


		 G		  C		 G	       Em 
2)	And the moon and the    stars are the   same ones you see
4)	And the moon and the    stars are the   same ones you see
6)	And the moon and the    stars are the   same ones you see
7)	And the moon and the    stars are the   same ones you see


	          Am  		  D7 	  G   D
2)	it's the same old sun up  in the sky
4)	it's the same old sun up  in the sky
6)	it's the same old sun up  in the sky
7)	it's the same old sun up  in the sky


		  G		   C		 G	  Em 
2)	And your voice in my 	   ear is like  heaven to me
4) 	And your face in my 	 dreams is like heaven to me
6)	And your love in my 	  life is like  heaven to me
7)	And your love in my 	  life is like  heaven to me


	           Am            D7 	   G  D Am D7 G D
2)	like the breezes here in old Shanghai
4)	like the breezes here in old Shanghai


	         Am             D7 	 G  
6)	like the breezes here in old Shanghai
7)	like the breezes here in old Shanghai

		
	  C		      Am 		D7	          G
5)	Shanghai 	    breezes 	       cool and 	clearing


	Am 		  D7	 G      D
5)	evening's 	sweet caress


	  C		  Am 	          D7	       G
5)	Shanghai 	breezes 	 soft and     gentle


         C        Am 	         D7
5)	remind me of your tenderness