Chords for Hank Locklin - Geisha Girl [1957] and Skeeter Davis [Answer Song].
Tempo:
70.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Have you ever heard a love song that you [C] didn't understand?
Or you met her [G] in a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many thousand [C] miles
To see a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style?
[C] They read [G] it in the tea leaves [D] and it's written [G] in the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean [G] breezes blow
I've
[C] [G] [A] [G]
stood and watched the sun rise from the waters [C] of the sea
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be
[G] My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my [C] life worthwhile
To see my [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style
[C] They read it [G] in the tea leaves [D] and it's written in [G] the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean breezes [G] blow
I'm
[C]
reading the paper from the tremble of [F] my hand
Each time I read the [C] note you sent from the island [G] of Japan
[C] Now you say you found another that has made your life [F] worthwhile
And I've lost you [C] to a geisha [G] girl dressed in [C] Oriental style
[F] I don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness of [G] a [C] man
Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style
[F]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
Does the beauty of the islands and your Oriental [F] love
Make the moon and [C] stars seem brighter as they shine each [G] night above
[C] Why a love song with no meaning makes you happy [F] I don't know
I've lost you [C] to a geisha girl [G] where the ocean [C] breezes blow
I [F] don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness [G] of a man
[C] Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style
Or you met her [G] in a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many thousand [C] miles
To see a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style?
[C] They read [G] it in the tea leaves [D] and it's written [G] in the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean [G] breezes blow
I've
[C] [G] [A] [G]
stood and watched the sun rise from the waters [C] of the sea
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be
[G] My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my [C] life worthwhile
To see my [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style
[C] They read it [G] in the tea leaves [D] and it's written in [G] the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean breezes [G] blow
I'm
[C]
reading the paper from the tremble of [F] my hand
Each time I read the [C] note you sent from the island [G] of Japan
[C] Now you say you found another that has made your life [F] worthwhile
And I've lost you [C] to a geisha [G] girl dressed in [C] Oriental style
[F] I don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness of [G] a [C] man
Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style
[F]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
Does the beauty of the islands and your Oriental [F] love
Make the moon and [C] stars seem brighter as they shine each [G] night above
[C] Why a love song with no meaning makes you happy [F] I don't know
I've lost you [C] to a geisha girl [G] where the ocean [C] breezes blow
I [F] don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness [G] of a man
[C] Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style
Key:
G
C
F
D
A
G
C
F
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Have you ever heard a love song that you [C] didn't understand?
Or you met her [G] in a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many thousand [C] miles
To see a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style?
_ [C] They read [G] it in the tea leaves [D] and it's written [G] in the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean [G] breezes blow
I've _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ stood and watched the sun rise from the waters [C] of the sea
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be
[G] My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my [C] life worthwhile
To see my [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style _
[C] They read it [G] in the tea leaves [D] and it's written in [G] the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean breezes [G] blow
I'm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ reading the paper from the tremble of [F] my hand
Each time I read the [C] note you sent from the island [G] of Japan
[C] Now you say you found another that has made your life [F] worthwhile
And I've lost you [C] to a geisha [G] girl dressed in [C] Oriental style _ _
[F] I don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness of [G] a [C] man
Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Does the beauty of the islands and your Oriental [F] love
Make the moon and [C] stars seem brighter as they shine each [G] night above
[C] Why a love song with no meaning makes you happy [F] I don't know
I've lost you [C] to a geisha girl [G] where the ocean [C] breezes blow _
I [F] don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness [G] of a man
[C] Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style _ _
Or you met her [G] in a tea house on the island of [D] Japan?
[G] And have you ever traveled over many thousand [C] miles
To see a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style?
_ [C] They read [G] it in the tea leaves [D] and it's written [G] in the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean [G] breezes blow
I've _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ stood and watched the sun rise from the waters [C] of the sea
And wondered [G] how much beauty in this whole world [D] can there be
[G] My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my [C] life worthwhile
To see my [G] pretty geisha girl [D] dressed in [G] Oriental style _
[C] They read it [G] in the tea leaves [D] and it's written in [G] the sand
[C] I found [G] love by the heartful in a far and [D] distant land
[G] Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone that's [C] true, I know
I love a [G] pretty geisha girl [D] where the ocean breezes [G] blow
I'm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ reading the paper from the tremble of [F] my hand
Each time I read the [C] note you sent from the island [G] of Japan
[C] Now you say you found another that has made your life [F] worthwhile
And I've lost you [C] to a geisha [G] girl dressed in [C] Oriental style _ _
[F] I don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness of [G] a [C] man
Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Does the beauty of the islands and your Oriental [F] love
Make the moon and [C] stars seem brighter as they shine each [G] night above
[C] Why a love song with no meaning makes you happy [F] I don't know
I've lost you [C] to a geisha girl [G] where the ocean [C] breezes blow _
I [F] don't [C] believe in tea [G] leaves or the writing [C] in the sand
[F] You've led a [C] foreign woman through the weakness [G] of a man
[C] Where the dim lights of a tea house makes a lonely [F] heart grow wild
I lost you to [C] a geisha girl [G] dressed in Oriental [C] style _ _