Japanese Boy (1981)    (video)    (midi)

 

    C - Am  - C - Am (2x)

 

     C                                                                      G    - F      C

1. He said that he loved me, never would go, oh oh,       oh oh !

        C                                                            G    - F       C

    Now I find I'm sitting here on my own, oh oh,        oh oh !

                                  Am        - G        C

    Was it something I've said        or done,

                                           Am        - G          C

    that made him pack his bags up        and run ?

                         Am      - G           C

    Could it be another         he's found ?

               F                               G

    It's breaking up the happy home.

 

  C                                                  G

Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone ?

  F         G              C

He's a Japanese boy.

C                                                 G

 I woke up one morning and my love was gone,

  F          G            Am

oh, my Japanese boy !

   F        C           G              C      - Am

Ooh, I miss my Japanese boy.

 

        C                                                    G    - F       C

2. People ask about him every day, oh oh,        oh oh.

       C                                                                          G  - F       C

    Don't know what to tell them, what can I say? Oh oh,       oh oh.

                                 Am       - G       C

    If only he would write me        or call,

                              Am     - G           C

    a word of explanation,       that's all !

                                Am         - G          C

    It would stop me climbing        the wall,

              F                                G 

    it's breaking up the happy home.

 

  C                                                  G

Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone ?

  F         G              C

He's a Japanese boy.

C                                                 G

 I woke up one morning and my love was gone,

  F          G            Am

oh, my Japanese boy !

   F        C           G              C

Ooh, I miss my Japanese boy.

 

+  C - G - F - G - C (2x)

 

                                  Am        - G        C

+  Was it something I've said        or done,

                                           Am        - G          C

    that made him pack his bags up        and run ?

                         Am      - G           C

    Could it be another         he's found ?

               F                               G

    It's breaking up the happy home.

 

  C                                                  G

Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone ?

  F         G              C

He's a Japanese boy.

C                                                 G

 I woke up one morning and my love was gone,

  F          G              C

oh, my Japanese boy !

 

+  C - G - F - G - C (2x)            +  repeat last CHORUS

 

+  C - G - F - G - C ....

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Aneka)