(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
             G74  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
       G74  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                        E4  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
           G74  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
           G74  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                     E4  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                  E4  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                  E4  E
Playing eighteen string guitar
       A
What a sound
      D
Heard around the world
    D#?                               A
This koto girl (koto girl) has got her strings
        E
Wrapped around my heart

( A  E  A  E  D  E  A )