Japanese Tears chords by Denny Laine

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
FF C majorC
  FF
e|---10---13----10h-13p-10-------------10---13---10h-13p-10-------------------|
BB|---10---13----10h-13p-10-------------10---13---10h-13p-10---13p-10----------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------12p-10--12p--10-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------12p--10-|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Main riff 1
e|--------------------------------------------------4---6----8b---6---4--|
BB|-----------------------------------------4----6------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------3---5---------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------3----6------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------3----6---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----4----6------------------------------------------------------------|

Main riff 2
e|---13---11-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------13---11-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------13---10---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------13---10------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------13---11---------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------13---11---13-------|

Verse 1:
AbAb                             Eb MajorEb
We were all friends together and now there is just black
AbAb                            Eb MajorEb
There was a tap on my shoulder from a tiny yellow hand
AbAb
I look down and see a very pretty little girl  (Pretty little girl)
  BbmBbm             F minorFm
Her eyes were black as coal, her teeth as white as pearl
AbAb                     BbmBbm
Saw so many smiling faces but her face was sad (But her face was sad)
                    F minorFm
When she spoke her lips were trembling, made me feel so bad
AbAb                          Eb MajorEb
Know why she was crying she knew we could mix the air
AbAb                              Eb MajorEb
She was there and much in love with the music that we played
AbAb                  BbmBbm         F minorFm
After all the waiting, after all the years (After all the years)
AbAb                   BbmBbm       F minorFm  C majorC
She looked up at me and I saw Japanese tears (Japanese tears)

Chorus:
FF                         C majorC   DmDm       C majorC
Japanese tears are falling like the summer rain on lotus blossom on the bamboo cane
FF                        C majorC       DmDm     C majorC
In the old tea gardens, ‘neath the lemon trees, there’s nothing I can do to make them cease
FF        C majorC    DmDm  C majorC
Japanese tears, Japanese tears
FF           C majorC       DmDm  C majorC
After all the waiting, after all the years

Verse 2:
AbAb                       Eb MajorEb
Put my arm around her and keep staring at trees
AbAb                          Eb MajorEb
Couldn’t find the words to say, I couldn’t even speak
AbAb                           BbmBbm          F minorFm
Guess it broke the band as they were just as touched as I (Just as touched as I)
AbAb                     BbmBbm               F minorFm  C majorC
I felt just like a father when he hears his baby daughter cry (Baby daughter cry)

Chorus:
FF                         C majorC   DmDm       C majorC
Japanese tears are falling like the summer rain on lotus blossom on the bamboo cane
FF                        C majorC        DmDm     C majorC
In the old tea gardens, ‘neath the lemon trees, there’s nothing I can do to make them cease
FF        C majorC    DmDm  C majorC
Japanese tears, Japanese tears
FF           C majorC       DmDm  C majorC
After all the waiting, after all the years
FF        C majorC    DmDm  C majorC
Japanese tears, Japanese tears
FF           C majorC       DmDm  C majorC
After all the waiting, after all the years

Solo:
AbAb | AbAb | AbAb | Eb MajorEb | AbAb | AbAb | AbAb | Eb MajorEb | AbAb
|AbAb BbmBbm | BbmBbm | F minorFm | AbAb |AbAb BbmBbm| BbmBbm |F minorFm C majorC |

Outro:

FF                         C majorC   DmDm       C majorC
Japanese tears are falling like the summer rain on lotus blossom on the bamboo cane
FF                        C majorC        DmDm     C majorC
In the old tea gardens, ‘neath the lemon trees, there’s nothing I can do to make them cease
FF        C majorC    DmDm  C majorC
Japanese tears, Japanese tears
FF           C majorC       DmDm  C majorC
After all the waiting, after all the years
FF        C majorC    DmDm  C majorC
Japanese tears, Japanese tears
FF           C majorC       DmDm  C majorC
After all the waiting, after all the years