Tokyo Bay chords by Nick Lowe

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Verse 1
D 
Dm 
D 
 (D major) I'll be a long  (D minor)  (D major) gone daddy
when you find my note
But just for the record this is what I wrote
I'm relocating to a foreign shore
You won't have me to
kick around no more

Verse 2

You can't make me stay,

I'm leaving today

It's anchors aweigh,

I'm shipping out to Tokyo Bay

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Verse 3
D 
 (D major) 
There's a solemn little
geisha pining for me
Under a parasol out on the quay
A 
She knows I'm  (A major) coming
D 
from bey (D major) ond the sea
And she's hoping and a-
praying most fervently
A 
That today's  (A major) the day I come
D 
smoking into Tokyo  (D major) Bay

Verse 4
G 
I'll  (G major) find a liner, then my plan
To work my ticket as some kind of hand
Maybe picking up after the
cabaret band
Anything to get my toes in
A 
D 
the sands  (A major) of Tokyo  (D major) Bay

Interlude 1

Verse 5
G 
Well in a  (G major) dim dockside canteen I know
With my collar turned up
and my cap down low
All dressed up like a matelot
A 
G 
 (A major) I got my  (G major) grip in my hand packed ready to go
A 
 (A major) I'll be a

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) long gone daddy when
Dm 
D 
they find my note  (D minor)  (D major) 
But just for the record this
Dm 
is what I wro (D minor) te
A 
D 
A 
You, you,  (A major) you  (D major) can (A major) 't make me stay
I'm leaving today
So glad to say I'm heading
up the gangway
D 
Bound for Tokyo Bay  (D major) 

Verse 7
Tokyo Bay
D 
 (D major) 
Dm 
I'll be a long gone daddy  (D minor) 
D 
Be  (D major) a long gone daddy
Long, long gone daddy
Long gone daddy, so long