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Nagasaki
Words & Music by Mort Dixon & Harry Warren, 1928Recorded by The Mills Brothers, 1934
A F#m Edim E7
Hot ginger and dy - na - mite,
A F#m Edim E7
That's all there is at night
A A7 D Dm6
Back in Nagasaki where the fellows chew tobaccky
E E7 A D9 E7
And the women wicky-wacky-woo!
A F#m Edim E7
They got a way that they entertain,
A F#m Edim E7
Would hurry a hur - ri - cane.
A A7 D Dm6
Back in Nagasaki where the fellows chew tobaccky
E E7 A
And the women wicky-wacky-woo!
Bridge:
D D6 D D6 D
Fu - ji - ya - ma, you get a ma - ma,
A D9 E7 A A7
Then your troubles increase, boy!
D D6 D D6 D
In some pa - go - da, she orders so - da
A F#7 Edim E7
Earth shakes, milk shakes, ten cents a piece.
A F#m Edim E7
They hug and kiss each night,
A F#m Edim E7
By jingo, it's worth the price!
A A7 D Dm6
Back in Nagasaki where the fellows chew tobaccky
E E7 A
And the women wicky-wacky-woo!
Coda:
A AM7 A7 A7/6 D9 Bm7-5 Dm6
Back in Na - ga - sa - ki where the fellows chew tobaccky
Fdim E E7 A
And the women wicky-wacky-woo!
Though much better known as an instrumental these days (justifiably -- I mean, geez..."where the women wicky-wacky-woo"? You gotta be kidding me!) this song has been used as the basis for a number of jazzed-up guitar versions, most of which require 'way more fingers than I've got in order to play correctly. I'm including the lyrics here, if for no other reason than to prove that some songs become memorable in spite of themselves.