[Intro]
Eb Bb Ab Bb X2
[Verse]
Eb/G
Outside I can hear the fireworks
F/G
beyond the paper walls.
Eb/G
Where the symbols painted black and white
F/G Dm
run together when the rain falls.
Eb/G
And the wind chimes across Kyoto each
F/G
time the earth moves.
Eb/G
Was it the quake that shook me or was it
F/G Dm
something to do with you?
[Chorus]
Eb F
And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds.
Eb F
And your almond eyes always shine.
Bb Eb/G
Sitting cool behind your painted fan.
Db
All the secrets of the east conceal the
Eb
beauty and the beast.
Bb Eb
For tender is the man
F Bb
in her Japanese hands.
[Verse]
Eb/G F/G
Flesh on silk looks different than on a
F/G
cotton sheet back home.
Eb/G
Where no one wears their hair like yours
F/G Dm
beneath those oriental combs.
Eb/G
And with your thirsty fingers running
F/G
up and down my spine,
Eb/G
You forget the western woman when you're
F/G Dm
sleeping on Kyoto time.
[Chorus]
Eb F
And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds.
Eb F
And your almond eyes always shine.
Bb Eb/G
Sitting cool behind your painted fan.
Db
All the secrets of the east conceal the
Eb
beauty and the beast.
Bb Eb
For tender is the man
F Bb
in her Japanese hands.
Bb
And the sky explodes. And the moon grows cold.
Eb/Bb Bb
To the distant sound of drums.
Bb Ab
And the sky explodes. And the moon grows cold.
Cm F
As the dragons on the mainland wait to heat the sun.
Eb/Bb F/Bb Bb Eb/Bb F/Bb Bb
In her Japanese hands. In her Japanese hands.