Turning Japanese (Australia No
1, 1980)
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)