(This song can be found on the album "Squeezing Out Sparks" by Graham Parker
 and the Rumour. Some of the best lyrics ever written!)

DISCOVERING JAPAN     by Graham Parker

Intro: /Bm   /D   /A   /A    /3x   lead gtr riff; DC# DE, (xx0232@1) DC# AE  3x

D (xx0232@1)                                                GHer (320003@1)heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking.
D (xx0232@1)                                               AThe (x02220@1)Tokyo taxi's braking,     it's screaming to a halt.
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                GThere's (320003@1)nothing to hold on to,  when gravity betrays you,
A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)       BmAnd (x24432@1)ev'ry kiss enslaves you.....

D (xx0232@1)                                                       GShe (320003@1)knows how hard her heart grows,   under the nuclear shadows,
D (xx0232@1)                                                 AShe (x02220@1)can't escape the feeling,     repealing in her head.
G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)           Bm (x24432@1)          GWhen (320003@1)after all the urges,        some kind of truth emerges,
A (x02220@1)                          Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)AWe (x02220@1)felt the deadly surges,  Discovering Japan,    Discovering Japan.

(B F# G F#, B F# G F#,  B B)

D (xx0232@1)                                        GThe (320003@1)G.I.'s only use her,  they always ram right through her,
D (xx0232@1)                                          AGiving (x02220@1)an eastern promise,   that they could never keep.
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)              Bm (x24432@1)            GSee-ing (320003@1)the million miles,    between their jokes and smiles,
A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)        BmShe (x24432@1)heard their hard denials.......
   Bm (x24432@1)                                          A (x02220@1)   As the tears drop sideways down her face,     face,
   Bm (x24432@1)                                           A (x02220@1)   I wake up taling in the tongue of a diff'rent race,   race,
          Bm (x24432@1)                        G (320003@1)   And as the flight touches down, my watch says Eight-O-Two,
       A (x02220@1)                    Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)   But that's me at night to you,   me at night to you,
    A (x02220@1)               Bm (x24432@1)             D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1) 
    Me at night to you.......................

D (xx0232@1)                                        GI (320003@1)dream in long collisions,  in jet-lagged pana-visions,
D (xx0232@1)                                      AI (x02220@1)shouted "Sayonara",        It didn't mean good-bye.
G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)           GBut (320003@1)lovers turn to poses,    show up in filmed exposures,
A (x02220@1)                             Bm (x24432@1)  A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) AJust (x02220@1)like in travel brochures,   Discovering Japan,   Discovering Japan,
              G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) Discovering Japan,      Discovering Japan,
              G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) Discovering Japan,      Discovering Japan.

(B F#G F#,  BF# GF#   BB) (x2444x@1)