JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Turning Japanese” merupakan sebuah lagu milik grup band beraliran new wave asal Inggris, The Vapors.
Lagu tersebut muncul dalam debut album pertama mereka yang bertajuk New Clear Days (1980).
“Turning Japanese” berhasil mencapai peringkat ketiga di UK Singles Chart dan ke-36 di US Billboard Hot 100.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu We are Detective - Thompson Twins
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Turning Japanese” dari The Vapors:
G* : xxxx33
F* : xxxx11
D* : xxx23x
[Intro]
G* F* D* F* x2
G Em x2
A C/G D
[Verse 1]
G
I've got your picture
Em
Of me and you
G
You wrote "I love you"
Em
I love you too
A C/G D
I sit here 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
And soft as clouds
A C/G D
I often kiss you when there's no one else around
[Interlude]
G C Em D C C Em D x2
G* F* D* F*
[Verse 2]
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
A
You've got me turning up and turning down
C/G D
I'm turning in, I'm turning 'round
[Chorus]
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 F#
G C Em D C C Em D
G* F* D* F*
[Verse 3]
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
A
You've got me turning up and turning down
C/G D
I'm turning in, I'm turning 'round
[Chorus]
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
[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
C
Everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger, everyone
[Chorus]
G
That's why 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
[Guitar Solo]
G G D D F F C C
G G D D F F C C
[Chorus]
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
[Ending]
G F# F F# G F# F