Deep Purple – Woman From Tokyo (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## ------------------------------------ (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) =46rom "Who Do We Think We Are!", 1973 Transcribed by [email protected] (Kim H|glund) ------------------------------------ Intro:

        E E D D   E E F F# G G
        (introduces main riff -- this is all in E)

Verse 1:

        G7           F/G
        Fly into the rising sun,

        G             F/G
        faces smiling ev'ryone.

        G            F/G
        Oh, she is a whole new tradition,

        G               F/G
        I feel it in my heart.

Chorus:

        E             E     E             E
        My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see.

        E             E     E         E
        My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me.

Verse 2: Talk about her like a queen, dancing in an eastern dream. Oh, she makes me feel like a river that carries me away. Chorus: My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see. My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me.. Bridge:

        A7                    A7              Gm   Gm Gm Gm
        But I'm at home and I, I just don't belong.

        G       G            G         F    F
        So far away from the garden we love,

        G           G            G         F    F G G G F F
        she is what moves in the soul of a dove.

        G            G            G             F     F
        Soon I shall see just how black was the night,

        G           G           G       F     F G G C C7 C7 C7
        when we're alone in the city of light.

G D6 G/B C G/D C D6 G G G G Verse 3: Rising from the neon gloom, shining like a crazy moon. Oh, she turns me on like a fire, I get high. Chorus: My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see. My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me.. Solo: B7 A7 E E B7 A7 E E B7 A7 E E B7 A7 C7 C7 C7 C7 Chorus: My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see. My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me.. Ending: (repeat main riff and fade) Damn! I just realized that I don't have a record with this song any more so I couldn't check the chords against the recorded version. Anyway, this is what I could recover from my notes from some 15 years ago when I last tried playing that song. Hope this helps... _____ Kim H|glund, [email protected], CS Dept. at U of Copenhagen, Denmark "I've got plenty of common sense. I just choose to ignore it." -- Calvin