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Am7 (x02010@1)              Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                   EmI (022000@1)recall the day I came to stay in my beloved Ehime. 
D*                       Am7 (x02010@1)                 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                             
There wasn't much I could say to express my confusion
            EmAt (022000@1)least in Japanese anyway.

Am7 (x02010@1)                Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                        Em (022000@1)             DI (xx0232@1)was struck by the smell of the staff-room and the dog-like procedure involved 
        Am7 (x02010@1)                  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)             Em (022000@1)                   
when I went to the bathroom. It was a struggle back then.

G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)                CBut (x32010@1)now... I've learned to use the toilet, 
       G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)now after failing niikyu I can speak nihongo, or whatever they call it. 
       G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)     
Now I can ask a girl for her phone number 
             G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)                   CAnd (x32010@1)after 12 long months I'm pretty bloody good at ikebana.

Am7 (x02010@1)                 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                    Em (022000@1)                            D (xx0232@1)  
When I arrived in my town, they said there's a super(market) down the road,
  
                    Am7 (x02010@1)                       Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              EmAnd (022000@1)it's not too far. It took two hours by train and another hour by car. 
Am7 (x02010@1)                     Cmaj7I (x32000@1)made a nice group of friends in my town, 
              Em (022000@1)                    
They were a very friendly bunch, 
D (xx0232@1)                   Am7 (x02010@1)          Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                  EmBut (022000@1)they didn't get let out of the old peoples home, that much.

G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)                 C (x32010@1)             
But now... I've made friends my own age, 
       G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                      CAnd (x32010@1)now I can read a menu, well at least the first page. 
G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)now I understand that people don't mean to be dicks, 
                G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)                        CWhen (x32010@1)they say with a patronizing smile, that I'm good with chopsticks.

Am7 (x02010@1)                           Cmaj7I (x32000@1)have grown to love the love princess,
               Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)                  Am7I (x02010@1)just wish I had a little more success with the opposite sex, 
         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                     Emor (022000@1)if I was gay then with the same sex. (Repeat Twice)

*Note: D on the verse is played in the shape of C 2 frets up.
Note: The album version is played with the guitar tuned two steps down.