Laufey - Above The Chinese Restaurant: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Above The Chinese Restaurant" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Above The Chinese Restaurant Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Laufey

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Above The Chinese Restaurant" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D
I still freeze when I look at these
                                G
Faded photographs from February last
             F#
Twenty second or twenty third
Em                       A
Shared some dumplings, whispered some words

We had two
Maybe three bucks saved between us
Sat in blankets on the floor
Used to wish for money in rain
A west side apartment, paper plane

Chorus:
D    A
Oooo oooh
          D
Then you left in May
                              G
Took the wrong long way back home
     F#       B
Wish I'd known
        Em F#m G        C
That I had all I could want
             Em
In our tiny apartment
            A            D
Above the Chinese restaurant

Street sounds blistered with neon lights
Heard the neighbors snoring every other night
Eating dumplings from next door
Finish 'em up, they'd give us some more

Didn't realize we had it all
Even when the roof came caving in that fall
Oh, I loved you more than you know
Covered in flakes of crystal white snow

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Above The Chinese Restaurant" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Above The Chinese Restaurant" by Laufey.