Japanese Hands chords by Elton John

Intro:
Eb  Bb Ab  Bb X2

Verse:
   Eb/G
Outside I can hear the fireworks
 F/G
beyond the paper walls.
          Eb/G
Where the symbols painted black and white
 F/G                        Dm
run together when the rain falls.
        Eb/G
And the wind chimes across Kyoto each
F/G
time the earth moves.
    Eb/G
Was it the quake that shook me or was it
F/G              Dm
something to do with you?

Chorus:
        Eb                  F
And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds.
         Eb          F
And your almond eyes always shine.
         Bb                      Eb/G
Sitting cool behind your painted fan.
        Db
All the secrets of the east conceal the
 Eb
beauty and the beast.
     Bb           Eb
For tender is the man
 F                   Bb
in her Japanese hands.

Verse:
Eb/G                                    F/G
Flesh on silk looks different than on a
 F/G
cotton sheet back home.
      Eb/G
Where no one wears their hair like yours
   F/G            Dm
beneath those oriental combs.
              Eb/G
And with your thirsty fingers running
 F/G
up and down my spine,
       Eb/G
You forget the western woman when you're
 F/G           Dm
sleeping on Kyoto time.


Chorus:
        Eb                  F
And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds.
         Eb          F
And your almond eyes always shine.
         Bb                      Eb/G
Sitting cool behind your painted fan.
        Db
All the secrets of the east conceal the
 Eb
beauty and the beast.
     Bb           Eb
For tender is the man
 F                   Bb
in her Japanese hands.

        Bb
And the sky explodes.   And the moon grows cold.
Eb/Bb                          Bb
       To the distant sound of drums.
        Bb                      Ab
And the sky explodes.   And the moon grows cold.
       Cm                               F
As the dragons on the mainland wait to heat the sun.


Eb/Bb   F/Bb             Bb     Eb/Bb   F/Bb             Bb