Discovering Japan Graham Parker
(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 /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)
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