Turning Japanese    (Australia No 1, 1980)     (video)    (midi)

 

     G - Em  - G - Em   - A - C - D

 

     G                                  - Em

1.      I‘ve got your picture            of me and you,

G                                      - Em

    you wrote “I love you“,          I love you, too.

A                   C                             D                    G   

    I sit here staring, and there‘s nothing else to do.

                      G     - Em

    Oh, it‘s in color,          your hair is brown,

G                                  - Em

    your eyes are hazel           and soft as clouds,

A              C                                 D                    G

    I often kiss you when there‘s no one else around.

 

+  G - Em - C - D (2x)  - D ~

 

                           G

2. I‘ve got your picture, I‘ve got your picture,

                     Em

     I‘d like a million of you over myself.

                    G

    I want a doctor to take your picture,

                  Em

    so I can look at you from inside as well.

                             A

    You‘ve got me turning up and turning down,

           C                    D          G

    I‘m turning in, I‘m turning round.

 

       G                                                                                      D

I‘m turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so,

 F                                                                                      C

turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so.

       G                                                                                      D

I‘m turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so,

 F                                                                                      C

turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so.

 

+  G - D - C - D    - G - Em - C - D ~

 

                          G

2. I‘ve got your picture, I‘ve got your picture,

                     Em

     I‘d like a million of you over myself.

                    G

    I want a doctor to take your picture,

                  Em

    so I can look at you from inside as well.

                             A

    You‘ve got me turning up and turning down,

           C                    D          G

    I‘m turning in, I‘m turning round.

 

       G                                                                                      D

I‘m turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so,

 F                                                                                      C

turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so.

       G                                                                                      D

I‘m turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so,

 F                                                                                      C

turning Japanese, I think I‘m turning Japanese, I really think so.

 

            G

+  No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you,

                             D

    no wonder it‘s dark,

     F

    everyone around me is a total stranger,

                                                                         G

    everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger, everyone. That’s why….

 

+  CHORUS        +  G - D - F - C (2x)          +  CHORUS    +  G

 

 

    (The Vapors)