The Rocket Summer - Japanese Exchange Student
Tuning: Standard
C G
I might as well be a Japanese exchange student
Am F
Cause' people want to know me, right when I show up
C G
But then the thrill wears off, and then I'm alone
Am
until Beyonce rolls through town,
F
and they think that I can call and score a ticket
When I can't.
C G F Am
Cause' I don't know her, like you don't know me
G Am F
It's a lonely world when it's all that you see
C G F Am
It doesn't matter if I got a good heart in me
This gets lonely.
C G
I might as well be a Japanese exchange student
Am F
Cause' people want know me, right when I show up
C G
But then the thrill wears off, and then I'm alone
Am
Until Paul McCartney rolls through town,
F
and they think that I can get in on the guest list,
When I can't.
C G F Am
Cause' I don't know him like you don't know me.
G Am F
It's a lonely thing when it's all that you see.
C G F Am
It doesn't matter if I got a good heart in me.
This gets lonely.
C G
Last year I got the cover,
Am F
my phone wouldn't stop ringing and ringing.
C G Am F
They called more than mother and that is saying something
C G F
Well lately it’s been quiet and my phone just picks up dust calls
D/F#
“It’s all about who you know”
F G
but you don’t really have to know anyone
C G
So be nice to the Japanese exchange students,
Am F
Cause' people want to know them, right when they show up,
C G
you may have found yourself in a similar place
Am F G
Where you found you looked around and just saw loads of empty space.
C G F
And you were thinking how you don't know them,
Am
like they don't know you.
G Am F
It's a lonely feeling after all that you do.
C G Am F
Got a good heart, got a good soul, what must I do to prove it anymore?
C G
I got friends in high and low places,
Am F
and it's all the same to me.
C G Am F
I love the Japanese, I love the Japanese,
C G Am-F
those from Japan and overseas.
C G Am F
I love the Japanese, do you love the Japanese?
C G Am F
Those from Japan and overseas,
C G Am G C
Those from Japan and overseas, like me.
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