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1/53

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 53Position: 55

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Tuning:standard
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Chords:
     Ax02220
   F#m244220 
    Bm224432
     D557775
     E779997 
     G355433  
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[Intro Lick]
e|-----5555--33--00--3---------------------------------------|
B|-----5555--33--00--3---------------------------------------|(2x)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
 Guitar 1:               A             F#m        Bm        D     E  
 Guitar 2:      (Riff 1)      (Riff 2)  
Riff 1
e|--------9h10p9-5~------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
e|--------2h3---5~-------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 [Verse] 
  Guitar 1:                              A  F#m  
  Guitar 2:                       (Riff1)             (Riff2)         
              I got your picture...  
                                  A(Riff1)             F#m(Riff2)
              You wrote...
              Bm             D            E
                    I'm simply staring...
                                     A(Riff1)          F#m(Riff2)  
               Oh it's in color...
                                     A(Riff1)          F#m(Riff2)    
               Your eyes are hazel...  
               Bm              D           E
                    I often kiss you...
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----0--4--9--7--5-5-5h7--9---0--4--9--7--5-5-5-7-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 Guitar 1:                             A          E  
 Guitar 2:                                 (Riff 3)   
              Turning Japanese...
              GTurning Japanese...          D(Riff 3)   
(Riff 3) 
e|------5-5-5-5--3-2-0-----------------------------------------|
B|------5-5-5-5--3-2-0-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------0--4--9--7--5-5-5-7--------------------|
E|----5-5-4-4-3-3-4--------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
      No sex.A..      its darEk...   
       EveryonGe around...    Devery-one
|   Hhammer-on
| p  pull-off

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Turning Japanese

by Liz Phair

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

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Tuning:standard

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Chords:

x02220

F#m

244220

224432

557775

779997

355433

-------------------

[Intro Lick]

e|-----5555--33--00--3---------------------------------------|

B|-----5555--33--00--3---------------------------------------|(2x)

G|-----------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

[Intro]

A F#m Bm D E

Guitar 1:

Guitar 2: (Riff 1) (Riff 2)

Riff 1

e|--------9h10p9-5~------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2

e|--------2h3---5~-------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]

A F#m

Guitar 1:

Guitar 2: (Riff1) (Riff2)

I got your picture...

A F#m

(Riff1) (Riff2)

You wrote...

Bm D E

I'm simply staring...

A F#m

(Riff1) (Riff2)

Oh it's in color...

A F#m

(Riff1) (Riff2)

Your eyes are hazel...

Bm D E

I often kiss you...

e|------------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----0--4--9--7--5-5-5h7--9---0--4--9--7--5-5-5-7-----------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------|

A E

Guitar 1:

Guitar 2: (Riff 3)

Turning Japanese...

G D

Turning Japanese... (Riff 3)

(Riff 3)

e|------5-5-5-5--3-2-0-----------------------------------------|

B|------5-5-5-5--3-2-0-----------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------0--4--9--7--5-5-5-7--------------------|

E|----5-5-4-4-3-3-4--------------------------------------------|

[Bridge]

A E

No sex... its dark...

G D

Everyone around... every-one

| hammer-on

| p pull-off

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