Discovering Japan — Graham Parker
Chords and lyrics for Discovering Japan by Graham Parker (key of D).
Verse 1
(This song can be found on the album "Squeezing Out Sparks" by Graham
Parker
and the Rumour. Some of the best lyrics ever written!)
DISCOVERING JAPAN by Graham Parker
Intro
| Bm | D | A | A | x3 lead gtr riff; D C# D E D C# A E x3
[D]Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly [G]quaking.
[D]The Tokyo taxi's braking, it's screaming to a [A]halt.
[G]There's nothing to[A] hold on to, [Bm]when gravity betrays[G] you,
[A]And ev'ry kiss enslaves[D] you.....[Bm]
[D]She knows how hard her heart grows, under the nuclear [G]shadows,
[D]She can't escape the feeling, repeating in her [A]head.
[G]When after all the [A]urges, [Bm]some kind of [G]truth emerges,
[A]We felt the deadly surges, [Bm][A]Discovering [G][D]Japan, [A] Discovering [G][D]Japan.[A]
[F#] [G] [F#] [B] [F#] [G] [F#] [B] [B)]
[D]The G.I.'s only use her, they always ram [G]right through her,
[D]Giving an eastern promise, that they could [A]never keep.
[G]Seeing the [A]million miles, [Bm] between their [G]jokes and smiles,
[A]She heard their hard [D][Bm]denials.......
[Bm] As the tears drop sideways down her face, [A] face,
[Bm] I wake up talking in the tongue of a diff'rent [A]race, race,
And as[Bm] the flight touches down, my[G] watch says 8:02 ,
But[A] that's midnight to [Bm]you, [A]midnight to [Bm]you,
[A]midnight to [Bm][D][A]you.......................[A][G]
[D]I dream in long collisions, in jet-lagged [G]pana-visions,
[D]I shouted "Sayonara", it didn't [A]mean goodbye.
[G]But lovers [A]turned to [Bm]posers, show up in[G] filmed exposures,
[A]Just like in travel brochures, [Bm] [A]Discovering [G][D]Japan, [A]Discovering[G] [D]Japan,[A]
Discovering [G][D]Japan,[A] Discovering [G][D]Japan,[A]
Discovering [G][D]Japan,[A] Discovering [G][D]Japan.[A]
[F#] [G] [F#] [B] [F#] [G] [F#] [B] [B)]
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