{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1806595,"song":"Chinese Envoy","artist":"John Cale","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398236-chinese-envoy-chords-by-john-cale/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1806595?type=chord","rating":4.55956,"votes":6,"content":"I've loved this song for a long time, so melancholy and mysterious.\r\nWith Music For A New Society being re-released today, it seemed like a good time to sit down and learn \r\nit.\r\nThese chords are based on the original album version, not the remake on M:FANS. Haven't listened to \r\nthat one\r\nenough to know if anything's different.\r\n\r\nThe little melody that plays in the intro and during the choruses may not be totally right here.\r\nI play in Open Gm tuning, so with a capo on the 2nd fret, I can simply play the melody\r\n(which is just four notes, basically: CC-D-EEE-D-C, CC-D-EEE-D-C-B) while droning an open Am chord.\r\nBased on the sounds of the chords, I believe Mr Cale probably played the original in some sort of open \r\ntuning.\r\nThis is my best attempt at the chord names that would approximate it in standard, but if anybody can \r\ndo better\r\nplease do!\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]/[chorus] x2:\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]Amadd4[/ch] - [ch]A5[/ch] - [ch]Amadd4[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]Amadd4[/ch] - [ch]A5[/ch] - [ch]Amadd4[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nShe was a princess, much lower than people thought[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                                              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nA master of nothing, a mistress of something she thought[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] x2 (instrumental)\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nShe could talk about things that never mattered ever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nFrom one person's miserable life after another[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe could talk to the French and Germans at will[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'd never listen.. They never will[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nThe chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left\r\n[Chorus]\r\nThe chinese envoy was here but left\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                                               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nCalling out her name you'd be surprised at what came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                                        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nGalloping out of the darkness just like furniture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                                                                          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nWe'd have lost it all if it hadn't been for Cardinal Richelieu And all his courtiers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nThe chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left\r\n[Chorus]\r\nThe chinese envoy was here but left\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nin his broken hearted pagoda.[/tab]","plain_text":"I've loved this song for a long time, so melancholy and mysterious.\nWith Music For A New Society being re-released today, it seemed like a good time to sit down and learn \nit.\nThese chords are based on the original album version, not the remake on M:FANS. Haven't listened to \nthat one\nenough to know if anything's different.\n\nThe little melody that plays in the intro and during the choruses may not be totally right here.\nI play in Open Gm tuning, so with a capo on the 2nd fret, I can simply play the melody\n(which is just four notes, basically: CC-D-EEE-D-C, CC-D-EEE-D-C-B) while droning an open Am chord.\nBased on the sounds of the chords, I believe Mr Cale probably played the original in some sort of open \ntuning.\nThis is my best attempt at the chord names that would approximate it in standard, but if anybody can \ndo better\nplease do!\n\n\n[Intro]/[chorus] x2:\nAm - Amadd4 - A5 - Amadd4 - Am\nAm - Amadd4 - A5 - Amadd4 - Am G6\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] x2 (instrumental)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nThe chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left\n[Chorus]\nThe chinese envoy was here but left\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nThe chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left\n[Chorus]\nThe chinese envoy was here but left","chords":["A","Gm","D","C","B","Am","Amadd4","A5","G6","Fmaj7","Cmaj7","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}