(intro)
C5 F5
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 | ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
C5 F5
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 | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------- |
C5 A5
When she was two
A5 D5
Mama told her what to do
C5 F5
Sit and behave
G5 G5
Don't make a sound now
C5 A5
When she was eight
A5 D5
She had found a different fate
C5 F5
Moving her fingers
G5 C5
Up and down now
G5 A5
When the clock had moved some more
F5 G5 A5
She could open any door she pleased
D5
She's a koto girl
F#5 E5 E5
Playing eighteen string guitar
A5
Been around
D5
All the eastern world
F#5 E5 A5
She can't leave now, but her dreams still travel far
( E5 A5 E5 D5 G5 )
C5 A5
Now she is grown
A5 D5
Has a life all of her own
C5 F5
Plays all the time
G5 G5
Just to be seen now
C5 A5
I met her here
A5 D5
Drinking cold asahi beer
C5 F5
Or could have been
G5 C5
G5 glass of tsing tao
G5 A5
I walked up and ask her please
F5 G5 A5
She replied hello in cantonese
D5
She's a koto girl
F#5 E5 E5
Who knows what she wants to be
A5
Been around
D5
All the eastern world
F#5 E5 A5
But hopes someday for a life where she is free
( E5 F#5 E5 )
F#5 A5 D5
Don't go away (I want to be with you)
A5 E5
I tried to say (Come on, let's see it through)
( E5 )
But she's got those
F#5 E5 D5
Stars in her eyes
D5 G5 C5
Shanghai, goodbye
( C5 F5 C5 F5 )
G5 A5
Signed a major record deal
F5 G5 A5
Now she plays TV shows in High heels
D5
She's a koto girl
F#5 E5 E5
A dream come true superstar
A5 D5
Been around all the eastern world
F#5 E5 A5
But koto girl wants to climb the Bilboard charts
D5
She's a koto girl
F#5 E5 E5
Playing eighteen string guitar
A5
What a sound
D5
Heard around the world
D#5 A5
This koto girl (koto girl) has got her strings
E5
Wrapped around my heart
( A5 E5 A5 E5 D5 E5 A5 )
