All The Tea In China

Buck Owens

RockMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              C                               F                 C 
I always start to singin' every time you pull the string in 
 
    F              C                G7 
I'm standin' by to just be standin' by 
 
      C                       F                 C 
Yes I say I've had enough and this time I'm not bluffin' 
 
        F              C      G7            C 
But for all the tea in China  I know it's a lie 
 
 
                                      F              C 
And I said I wouldn't hang around for all the tea in China 
 
    F              C            G7 
For all the tea in China and my soul 
 
      C                     F               C 
Yes I say I'm gonna pack up this time gonna give up 
 
        F              C      G7      C 
But for all the tea in China  I can't go 
 
 
                          F                   C 
The palm of your hand now that's where youâ??ve got me 
 
       F         C          G7 
That's where I'm longin' to be 
 
C                F            C 
Try as I may now I just can't stop me 
 
    F              C      G7                 C 
For all the tea in China  I hang on desperately 
 
 
                                      F              C 
And I said I wouldn't hang around for all the tea in China 
 
    F              C            G7 
For all the tea in China and my soul 
 
      C                     F               C 
Yes I say I'm gonna pack up this time gonna give up 
 
        F              C      G7      C 
But for all the tea in China  I can't go 
 
 
    F              C      G7      C 
For all the tea in China  I can't go

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Chord set

C · F · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.