(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 )