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Tokyo Joe

Bryan Ferry
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D-DU-UDU
 
  My  girl Friday she no square
  She like lotus blossom in her hair
  Be-bop records and something new
  Sometimes borrowed but she's never blue
   Oh no...  not Tokyo  Joe
  Way past midnight - she not home
  She cut the ice down the Danger Zone
  Watertight dresses - she don't care
  A trifle risqu, a tart, no sir...
  Oh no... sounds like Tokyo Joe
 
 
 
  Geisha  girl show  you she  adore you
  Two  oriental  eyes  implore  you
  Femme  fatal or ingenue?
  She  very cunning,  fiendish  clever
  Geisha  girl suffer  many  times  a fool
  Sayonara  moon
  When all  the world's a stage,  oh where are you?
  Tokyo Rose on the radio
  Or Diz'n Bird puttin' on the moan
  Tappin' our telexes to Tupelo
  Dear John, doh ra me fah so?
  Let's go... call for Tokyo Joe
  Walkin' tall down the Danger Zone
  She hokey-kokey till the cows come home
  Big shot - from the hip - neon cool
  Say, when you've been around, what's left to do?
  Don't know? Ask Tokyo Joe
  So inscrutable her reply
  "Ask no question and me tell no lie"
  GI boys howlin' out for more
  VIP'S purrin' "je t'adore"...
  Ah so... that's Tokyo Joe

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Readable chord sheet for Tokyo Joe by Bryan Ferry

[D#]  [G#]  [F]  [A#]  [D#]  [G#]  [F]

        [D#]My girl Friday she no square

        She like lotus blossom in her hair

        Be-bop records and something new

        Sometimes borrowed but she's never blue
     [A#]   Oh n[G#]o...[F] not To[A#]kyo J[D#]oe

        Way past midnight - she not home
        She cut the ice down the Danger Zone
        Watertight dresses - she don't care
        A trifle risqu, a tart, no sir...
        Oh no... sounds like Tokyo Joe

        [D#]  [G#]
        [D#]  [G#]
        [D#]  [F#]  [A#]

        G[C#]eisha girl sh[F#]ow you s[D#]he adore [G#]you
        T[C#]wo ori[F#]ental e[D#]yes imp[G#]lore you
        Fe[D#]mme fatal or ing[G#]enue?
        S[C#]he very cu[F#]nning, fie[D#]ndish cl[G#]ever
        G[C#]eisha girl su[F#]ffer m[D#]any ti[G#]mes a f[D#]ool
        Sayon[G#]ara moon
        When a[F]ll the world's a s[C#]tage, oh where are [D#]you?[C#]    [F]

        Tokyo Rose on the radio
        Or Diz'n Bird puttin' on the moan
        Tappin' our telexes to Tupelo
        Dear John, doh ra me fah so?
        Let's go... call for Tokyo Joe

        Walkin' tall down the Danger Zone
        She hokey-kokey till the cows come home
        Big shot - from the hip - neon cool
        Say, when you've been around, what's left to do?
        Don't know? Ask Tokyo Joe

        So inscrutable her reply
        "Ask no question and me tell no lie"
        GI boys howlin' out for more
        VIP'S purrin' "je t'adore"...
        Ah so... that's Tokyo Joe

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