Chords for THIS IS JAPAN (1980) by Jack Green

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Outside of the Tokyo Hill, there's a girl walking around the shrine singing prayers [D] to the rising [C] sun.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] A sign of life among the traffic, a brave reminder of the past in the middle [D] of the screaming sound.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] Sayonara [Bb] to the sacred [D] samurai, _ _ [F] living past _ [G] in the past.
So this is Japan, _
[Dm] _ _ [F] coming round in the land of the emperor, seeing paper [E] dragon flying [D] through the morning sun.
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_ _ [F] There the Buddha meets the future, shinto and [B] rock and [D] roll at the buddha temple.
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_ _ [F] _ Sayonara to the sacred [D] samurai, _ _ [F] living past _ [D] in the past.
[G] So this is Japan, _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] in the heart of Tokyo city.
When it's dark and things are [D] moving, to the beat of fun and hustle, to the touch of fleshy [F] muscle.
Rice wine can make you happy, it's the kind of thing that makes you feel [B] close to the [D] home.
But when the lights are bright and your head is spinning on a cold dark Tokyo street, you're [F] alone in Japan. _ _ _ _
_ [E] [D] This is Japan.
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_ [F] This is Japan. _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] [Dm] This is Japan. _ _ _ _ _
This is Japan.
[F] This is Japan. _ _ _ _
_ [D] This is Japan.
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_ [F] This is Japan.
_ _ _ This is Japan.
This is [C] Japan.
[Dm] This is Japan. _ _ _ _ _
This [F] is Japan.
_ _ _ This _ [Am] [Dm] is Japan. _ _ _ _ _
_ This is Japan.
_ [F] _ _ This [D] is Japan.
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_ _ [Bb] Sayonara to the sacred [D] samurai, _ [F] living past [D] in the past. _
So this is [Gm] Japan. _ _ _ _ _
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