Tom: G
(intro)
C F
E|------------------------17-15-------|--------------------------------|
B|---17----15-17----15-17-------17-15-|-------------17-15--------------|
G|------17-------17-------------------|-17----14-17-------17--14-------|
D|------------------------------------|----17----------------------17--|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C F
E|------------------------17-15-------|---------------------------------|
B|---17----15-17----15-17-------17-15-|--------------17-15-----15-------|
G|------17-------17-------------------|--17----14-17-------17-------17--|
D|------------------------------------|-----17--------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C Am
When she was two
Am/G Dm/F
Mama told her what to do
C/E F
Sit and behave
G7sus4 G7
Don't make a sound now
C Am
When she was eight
Am/G Dm/F
She had found a different fate
C/E F
Moving her fingers
G7sus4 C
Up and down now
G Am
When the clock had moved some more
F G A
She could open any door she pleased
D
She's a koto girl
F#m Esus4 E
Playing eighteen string guitar
A
Been around
D
All the eastern world
F#m E A
She can't leave now, but her dreams still travel far
( E A E D G )
C Am
Now she is grown
Am/G Dm/F
Has a life all of her own
C/E F
Plays all the time
G7sus4 G7
Just to be seen now
C Am
I met her here
Am/G Dm/F
Drinking cold asahi beer
C/E F
Or could have been
G7sus4 C
G glass of tsing tao
G Am
I walked up and ask her please
F G A
She replied hello in cantonese
D
She's a koto girl
F#m Esus4 E
Who knows what she wants to be
A
Been around
D
All the eastern world
F#m E A
But hopes someday for a life where she is free
( E F#m E )
F#m A D
Don't go away (I want to be with you)
A E
I tried to say (Come on, let's see it through)
( E )
But she's got those
F#m E D
Stars in her eyes
Dm/F G7 C
Shanghai, goodbye
( C F C F )
G Am
Signed a major record deal
F G A
Now she plays TV shows in High heels
D
She's a koto girl
F#m Esus4 E
A dream come true superstar
A D
Been around all the eastern world
F#m E A
But koto girl wants to climb the Bilboard charts
D
She's a koto girl
F#m Esus4 E
Playing eighteen string guitar
A
What a sound
D
Heard around the world
D#dim A
This koto girl (koto girl) has got her strings
E
Wrapped around my heart
( A E A E D E A )
