Tokyo Rose chords by Van Dyke Parks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

(Intro is a lot of strange noises sort of insinuating C# minorC#m I think)

Verse:
Eb MajorEb                   EbaugEbaug    AbAb    Eb MajorEb
In sight of the lights of Roppongi the night life of To ki yo goes
Eb MajorEb              G7G7    C minorCm    Bb majorBb         G+G   C minorCm   F7F7  Bb7Bb7
And out on the street with a beat from Tahiti a neon moon lollipop glows
Eb MajorEb              EbaugEbaug    AbAb     Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA woman in silken pajamas is seen on the screen of a door
Eb MajorEb           C minorCm       Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb   G+G        C minorCm
She slips on a ricepaper dress by Dior less the price of the ice on her clothes
F minorFm       Bb7Bb7   Eb MajorEb
The girl I call To ki yo Rose

Interlude:
/G /G /Bb /C C minorCm
/C /C  /Eb
To ky  o

Verse:
F minorFm
rose is blue
    Eb MajorEb    Abmaj7Abmaj7
Tokyo knows it's true
     D7D7    G7G7    Db7Db7   C7C7
What the night says we might like to do
     F minorFm  Bb majorBb
We're in Tokyo time
      G7G7    C minorCm
When that moon turns lime
   Adim7Adim7       D7D7       Bb7Bb7
And the sky is a lavender brew

Interlude:
Eb MajorEb

Verse:
Eb MajorEb                   EbaugEbaug    AbAb      Eb MajorEb
She trips through a door for hot sake unzips as her hips hit the floor
Eb MajorEb       AbmAbm       G7G7   C minorCm   F minorFm     Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb
Her pearls were strung in the harbor below in a bar where I asked her for more

Interlude:
C minorCm   Eb MajorEb   G7G7   C minorCm   Eb MajorEb   AbAb   Eb MajorEb

Verse:
Eb MajorEb             EbaugEbaug   AbAb    Eb MajorEb
Down on a Cajun veranda a Barbajian band in a stew
Eb MajorEb        G7G7    C minorCm      Bb majorBb          Eb MajorEb
Was playing a soca when I reawoke we were back at her penthouse us two

Eb MajorEb
I spoke of my love for MacArthur
EbaugEbaug      AbAb   Eb MajorEb
the man not the park in L.A.
Eb MajorEb       G7G7      C minorCm       BbmBbm
"But you're so much older!" she covered her shoulder
Eb MajorEb           AbAb
And I heard her say with a sigh
C minorCm       Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
"A soldier may never say die!"