Chords for HANK LOCKLIN . GEISHA GIRL
Tempo:
74 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't [C] understand?
Where you met her in [G] a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many [C] thousand miles
to see a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style?
[C] They read it in [G] the tea leaves and it's written in the sand.
[C] I found love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true I [C] know.
I love a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl where the ocean [G] is low.
[C]
[G] I stood and watched the sun rise from the waters of [C] the sea.
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be.
[G] Our dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life [C] worthwhile
to see my pretty [G] geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style.
[C]
[G] [D] [G] I found love by the heartful in a far [D] and distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true [C] I know.
I love a pretty [G] geisha girl where the ocean breeze is low.
[N]
Where you met her in [G] a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many [C] thousand miles
to see a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style?
[C] They read it in [G] the tea leaves and it's written in the sand.
[C] I found love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true I [C] know.
I love a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl where the ocean [G] is low.
[C]
[G] I stood and watched the sun rise from the waters of [C] the sea.
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be.
[G] Our dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life [C] worthwhile
to see my pretty [G] geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style.
[C]
[G] [D] [G] I found love by the heartful in a far [D] and distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true [C] I know.
I love a pretty [G] geisha girl where the ocean breeze is low.
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
G
C
D
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't [C] understand?
Where you met her in [G] a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many [C] thousand miles
to see a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style? _
[C] They read it in [G] the tea leaves and it's written in the sand.
[C] I found love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true I [C] know.
I love a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl where the ocean [G] is low. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ I stood and watched the sun rise from the waters of [C] the sea.
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be.
[G] Our dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life [C] worthwhile
to see my pretty [G] geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style.
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] I found love by the heartful in a far [D] and distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true [C] I know.
I love a pretty [G] geisha girl where the ocean breeze is low. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Where you met her in [G] a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many [C] thousand miles
to see a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style? _
[C] They read it in [G] the tea leaves and it's written in the sand.
[C] I found love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true I [C] know.
I love a [G] pretty geisha [D] girl where the ocean [G] is low. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ I stood and watched the sun rise from the waters of [C] the sea.
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be.
[G] Our dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life [C] worthwhile
to see my pretty [G] geisha [D] girl dressed in [G] Oriental style.
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] I found love by the heartful in a far [D] and distant land.
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's true [C] I know.
I love a pretty [G] geisha girl where the ocean breeze is low. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _