Tom: E
Introdução: Eb
Bb
Ab
Bb
Eb
Bb
Ab
Bb
Eb/G
F/G
Outside I can hear the fireworks beyond the paper walls.
Eb/G
F/G
Dm
Where the symbols painted black and white - run together when the rain falls.
Eb/G
F/G
And the wind chimes across Kyoto each time the earth moves.
Eb/G
F/G
Dm
Was it the quake that shook me or was it - something to do with you?
Eb
F
Eb
F
And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds. And your almond eyes always shine.
Bb
Eb/G
Sitting cool behind your painted fan.
Db
Eb
All the secrets of the east conceal the beauty and the beast.
Bb
Eb
F
Bb
For tender is the man - in her Japanese hands.
Eb/G
F/G
Flesh on silk looks different than on a cotton sheet back home.
Eb/G
F/G
Dm
Where no one wears their hair like yours beneath those oriental combs.
Eb/G
F/G
And with your thirsty fingers running up and down my spine,
Eb/G
F/G
Dm
You forget the western woman when 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 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
F
Bb
Eb
F
Bb
CODA: In her Japanese hands. In her Japanese hands.