JAPANESE HANDS

   Year : 1988
  Album : Reg Strikes Back
Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Intro:  Eb / Bb /Ab     Bb / / /     Eb / Bb /Ab     Bb / / /


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



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



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


{Repreat Chorus}


        Bb
And the sky explodes.   And the moon grows cold. 
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       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.


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CODA:         In her Japanese hands.          In her Japanese hands.

Chorded by David Bisese