Standard Tuning


Intro/Main Riff/Ending:
E | -----8-(b9)-------------------------------- |  Repeat
B | ----------------------------------------- | 
G | --------10-11-------------------10-11---- | 
D | -------------10-11---------10-11--------- | 
A | ------------------8-(b9)--8-(b9)------------- | 
E | ---------------------8-(b9)---------------- | 

Verse "Flaunt"
    F#              B
E | ---(b9)--------------7- | 
B | ---11--------------7- | 
G | ---11--------10-11-8- | 
D | ---11--10-11-------(b9) | 
A | ---(b9)--------------(b9) | 
E | ---x---------------7- | 

B                              F#
When I got back home I found a message on the door
B                            F#
Sweet Regina's gone to China cross-legged on the floor
C#           B                   F#
Of a burning jet that's smoothly flying:
C#               B                F#
Burning airlines give you so much more.


B                                F#
How does she intend to live when she's in far Cathay?
B                                F#
I somehow can't imagine her just planting rice all day.
C#             B           F#
Maybe she will do a bit of spying
C#                 B             F#
With micro-cameras hidden in her hair.

Riff x4

B                                F#
I guess Regina's on the plane, a Newsweek on her knees
B                                           F#
While miles below her the curlews call from strangely stunted trees.
C#                    B                   F#
The painted sage sits just as though he's flying;
C#           B                  F#
Regina's jet disturbs his wispy beard.


B                           F#
When you reach Kyoto send a postcard if you can,
B                                    F#
And please convey my fond regards to Chih-Hao's girl Yu-Lan.
C#              B                 F#
I heard a rumor they were getting married
C#               B             F#
But someone left the papers in Japan.


Riff 2x (and over the ending)
F#   C#   B  F#     F#   C#   B  F#     fade out
Left them in Japan, left them in Japan... 


Chord Voicings:

   B  F#  C#
e | -7--(b9)--(b9)- | 
B | -7--11--(b9)- | 
G | -8--11--10- | 
D | -(b9)-11--11- | 
A | -(b9)-(b9)--11- | 
E | -7--x---(b9)- |