Discovering Japan
Graham ParkerVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
/ / / / /3x lead gtr riff; , 3x
Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking.
The Tokyo taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt.
There's nothing to hold on to, when gravity betrays you,
And ev'ry kiss enslaves you.....
She knows how hard her heart grows, under the nuclear shadows,
She can't escape the feeling, repealing in her head.
When after all the urges, some kind of truth emerges,
We felt the deadly surges, Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan.
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The G.I.'s only use her, they always ram right through her,
Giving an eastern promise, that they could never keep.
See-ing the million miles, between their jokes and smiles,
She heard their hard denials.......
As the tears drop sideways down her face, face,
I wake up taling in the tongue of a diff'rent race, race,
And as the flight touches down, my watch says Eight-O-Two,
But that's me at night to you, me at night to you,
Me at night to you.......................
I dream in long collisions, in jet-lagged pana-visions,
I shouted "Sayonara", It didn't mean good-bye.
But lovers turn to poses, show up in filmed exposures,
Just like in travel brochures, Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan,
Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan,
Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan.
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Readable chord sheet for Discovering Japan by Graham Parker
/[Bm] /[D] /[A] /[A] /3x lead gtr riff; [D] [C#] [D] [E], [D] [C#] [A] [E] 3x
[D]Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly q[G]uaking.
[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 sh[G]adows,
[D]She can't escape the feeling, repealing in her h[A]ead.
[G]When after all the [A]urges, [Bm]some kind of t[G]ruth emerges,
[A]We felt the deadly surges, D[Bm]iscov[A]ering Ja[G]pan[D], [A] Discovering [G]Jap[D]an.[A]
([B] [F#] [G] [F#], [B] [F#] [G] [F#], [B] [B])
[D]The G.I.'s only use her, they always ram r[G]ight through her,
[D]Giving an eastern promise, that they could [A]never keep.
[G]See-ing the [A]million miles, [Bm] between their j[G]okes and smiles,
[A]She heard their hard [D]denials....[Bm]...
[Bm] As the tears drop sideways down her face, [A] face,
[Bm] I wake up taling in the tongue of a diff'rent [A]race, race,
And as[Bm] the flight touches down, my[G] watch says Eight-O-Two,
But[A] that's me at night to [Bm]you, [A]me at night to [Bm]you,
[A]Me at night to you[Bm].................[D]....[A].. [G] [A]
[D]I dream in long collisions, in jet-lagged [G]pana-visions,
[D]I shouted "Sayonara", It didn't me[A]an good-bye.
[G]But lovers tu[A]rn to poses[Bm], show up in[G] filmed exposures,
[A]Just like in travel brochures, [Bm] Disco[A]vering Ja[G]pan[D], [A]Discovering[G] Ja[D]pan,[A]
Discovering [G]Jap[D]an,[A] Discovering [G]Jap[D]an,[A]
Discovering [G]Jap[D]an,[A] Discovering [G]Jap[D]an.[A]
([B] [F#] [G] [F#], [B] [F#] [G] [F#] [B] [B])