Japanese Hands

Intro:  Eb / Bb / Ab     Bb / / /    

 Eb / Bb / Ab     Bb / / /


   Eb/G                         
Outside I can hear the fireworks 
   F/G
beyond the paper walls.
          Eb/G                     
Where the symbols painted black and
       F/G                      
 white  -  run together when the 
  Dm
rain falls.
        Eb/G                    
And the wind chimes across Kyoto 
      F/G
each time the earth moves.
    Eb/G                         
Was it the quake that shook me or 
        F/G              Dm
was it  -  something to do with you?



Chorus: Eb                  F     
And the hot wind heats the bamboo 
                  Eb          F
blinds.  And your almond eyes always
 shine.
         Bb                      
Sitting cool behind your painted 
Eb/G
fan.
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        Db                         
All the secrets of the east conceal
     Eb
 the beauty and the beast.
     Bb           Eb   F         
For tender is the man  -  in her 
          Bb
Japanese hands.



Eb/G                              
Flesh on silk looks different than
      F/G
 on a cotton sheet back home.
      Eb/G                         
Where no one wears their hair like 
        F/G            Dm
yours beneath those oriental combs.
              Eb/G           
And with your thirsty fingers 
         F/G
running up and down my spine,
       Eb/G                      
You forget the western woman when 
        F/G           Dm
you're sleeping on Kyoto time.


{Repreat Chorus}


        Bb
And the sky explodes.   And the moon
 grows cold.
Eb/Bb                        
       To the distant sound of 
  Bb
drums.
        Bb                      Ab
And the sky explodes.   And the moon
 grows cold.
       Cm                          
As the dragons on the mainland wait
     F
 to heat the sun.


      Eb/Bb   F/Bb             Bb
CODA:         In her Japanese 
     Eb/Bb   F/Bb             Bb
hands.          In her Japanese 
hands.