Graham Parker - Discovering Japan Chords
Tempo:
162.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm] [G] [D]
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[D] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[E]
[D] The heart is nearly breaking, the earth [Bm] is nearly [D] quaking, the Tokyo tax is breaking,
[A] screaming to it's [G] heart, and there's [A] nothing to hold on [Bm] to, when
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[Bm]
[D] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[E]
[D] The heart is nearly breaking, the earth [Bm] is nearly [D] quaking, the Tokyo tax is breaking,
[A] screaming to it's [G] heart, and there's [A] nothing to hold on [Bm] to, when
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ The heart is nearly breaking, the earth [Bm] is nearly [D] quaking, the Tokyo tax is breaking,
_ it's [A] screaming to it's [G] heart, and there's [A] nothing to hold on [Bm] to, when _
[G] gravity betrays
[A] you, and every kiss [D] enslaves you. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ She knows how hard a heart grows, under [Bm] a nuclear [D] shadow,
she can't escape the feeling, _ _ [A] repeating in her [G] head, when [A] after all the [Bm] urges, some [G] kind
of truth [A] emerges, we felt that deadly [Bm] surge, it's [A] discovering [G] _ Japan, _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ discovering [G] _ _ _ _ [D] Japan.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ The G.I. is on the user, _ they [Bm] always laugh right through [D] us, giving it an Eastern promise,
_ that they [A] could never keep, _ [G] _ seeing it [A] a million _ [Bm] miles, between [G] their jokes and smiles, [A] _ she
heard it there, hot midnight, [D] _ oh, _ _ [B] as those ears drop sideways [A] down a face, _ _ face, [B] I wake
up talking in the tongue of a [A] different _ race, _ race, [B] and as the flight touches down, my watch
says [F#] [G] 8.02, _ [F#m] but that's midnight to [Bm] you, _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ midnight [Bm] to _ you, [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ midnight [D] to _ you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ I dream _ headlong
visions, in jet [G] lag panel visions, [D] I shout inside another, _ it [A] didn't mean [G] goodbye, but
I need all [A] those times with [Bm] poses, show up [G] in film _ [A] exposures, just like in travel [Bm] brochure,
[C#] _ discovering [Em] Japan, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ discovering _
[G] _ _ Japan, [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ discovering _
[G] Japan, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ discovering [G] _ _ Japan, [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ discovering _
[G] _ _ Japan,
[D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] discovering Japan,
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ The heart is nearly breaking, the earth [Bm] is nearly [D] quaking, the Tokyo tax is breaking,
_ it's [A] screaming to it's [G] heart, and there's [A] nothing to hold on [Bm] to, when _
[G] gravity betrays
[A] you, and every kiss [D] enslaves you. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ She knows how hard a heart grows, under [Bm] a nuclear [D] shadow,
she can't escape the feeling, _ _ [A] repeating in her [G] head, when [A] after all the [Bm] urges, some [G] kind
of truth [A] emerges, we felt that deadly [Bm] surge, it's [A] discovering [G] _ Japan, _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ discovering [G] _ _ _ _ [D] Japan.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ The G.I. is on the user, _ they [Bm] always laugh right through [D] us, giving it an Eastern promise,
_ that they [A] could never keep, _ [G] _ seeing it [A] a million _ [Bm] miles, between [G] their jokes and smiles, [A] _ she
heard it there, hot midnight, [D] _ oh, _ _ [B] as those ears drop sideways [A] down a face, _ _ face, [B] I wake
up talking in the tongue of a [A] different _ race, _ race, [B] and as the flight touches down, my watch
says [F#] [G] 8.02, _ [F#m] but that's midnight to [Bm] you, _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ midnight [Bm] to _ you, [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ midnight [D] to _ you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ I dream _ headlong
visions, in jet [G] lag panel visions, [D] I shout inside another, _ it [A] didn't mean [G] goodbye, but
I need all [A] those times with [Bm] poses, show up [G] in film _ [A] exposures, just like in travel [Bm] brochure,
[C#] _ discovering [Em] Japan, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ discovering _
[G] _ _ Japan, [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ discovering _
[G] Japan, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ discovering [G] _ _ Japan, [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ discovering _
[G] _ _ Japan,
[D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] discovering Japan,
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
