Like China (intro)

C - F - Dm - C - C - F - Dm - G (4x)

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1. My mom and daddy both say,

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I must be crazy to be this infatuated,

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but I know you know,

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we got something special never felt before.

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2. You get me going just looking at you,

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and the feeling's not hard to recognise so

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alright I'll come out in the open with it,

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will you walk out with me ?

Dm Am

Cos you're the first girl I've ever loved,

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tell me, do you feel the same way ?

Am Em

Well, I'll show you I'm not like all the rest,

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‘cos I know who I am.

Am Em

Your skin is smooth as silk and your eyes like stars,

Am Em

you're just like a picture book standing there,

Am

but I can't go on, no, I can't go on,

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thinking you don't feel the same way that I do.

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I'll be so careful, I'll hold you like china,

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I'll promise not to hurt you, I'll hold you like china.

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You won't feel nothing, I'll hold you like china,

D

'cos I know it's your first time.

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3. Your mum and dad don't like me,

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and they tell me every time I call around to see you.

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I don't know why, cos I always

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straighten my tie and comb my hair.

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4. I know your brother thinks that I'm a

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limp wristed wimp from the other side of town.

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I know he's got me wrong,

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because I'm really not like that, I'll tell you why.

Dm Am

You're the first girl I've ever loved,

Em F

tell me, do you feel the same way ?

Am Em

Well, I'll show you I'm not like all the rest,

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‘cos I know who I am.

Am Em

I remember the very first time I held your hand,

Am Em

and that was the last time you were so close to me.

Am

But I can't go on, no, I can't go on

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thinking you don't feel the same way as I do.

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I'll be so careful, I'll hold you like china,

G F Am

I'll promise not to hurt you, I'll hold you like china.

G F Am

You won't feel nothing, I'll hold you like china,

D

'cos I know it's your first time.

+ C - F - Dm - C - C - F - Dm - G (6x)

+ F - Em - F - G + C - F - Dm - C - C - F - Dm - G (2x)

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Oh, I know you know,

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and now I wanna, I wanna tell everybody,

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I know you know and now I want them all to see.

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I know you know,

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and now I wanna, I wanna tell everybody….

(Phil Collins)