Turning Japanese Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays569

Turning Japanese by The Vapors is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, Am, D, C, F and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro: G   Em 2x  Am G D 

G 
I've got your picture 
Em 
Of me and you 
G 
You wrote "I love you" 
Em             Am 
I love you too 
      G                         D 
I sit there staring and there's nothing else to do 
G 
Oh it's in color 
Em 
Your hair is brown 
G 
Your eyes are hazel 
Em                 Am 
And soft as clouds 
        G                     D 
I often kiss you when there's no one else around 

Interlude: G C Em D C C Em D 

G 
I've got your picture, I've got your picture 
Em 
I'd like a million of you over myself 
G 
I want a doctor to take your picture 
Em 
So I can look at you from inside as well 
              Am                               
You've got me turning up and turning down  
    G              D 
and turning in and turning round 


G 
I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese 
         D 
I really think so 
F 
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese  
         C 
I really think so 
G 
I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese  
         D 
I really think so 

F 
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese  
         C 
I really think so 


Interlude: 
G F# F 
G C Em D C C Em D 

G 
I've got your picture, I've got your picture 
Em 
I'd like a million of them over myself 
G 
I want the doctor to take your picture 
Em 
So I can look at you from inside as well 
                 Am 
You've got me turning up and turning down 
     G                 D  
and turning in and turning 'round 

Repeat Chorus 

Bridge: 
G 
No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women  
                                               D 
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark 
F 
Everyone around me is a total stranger 

Everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger 
C 
Everyone 

Repeat Chorus 
Guitar Solo(Use Chorus Chords) 
Repeat Chorus 
End Chords:
 
G F# F G F# G 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante