Tokyo Bay Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I'll be a lon[Dm]g gon[D]e 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 [A]can't make me stay,
I'm leaving today
It's anchors aweigh,
I'm shipping out to Tokyo [D]Bay[Dm][D]

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

[Verse 4]
I'll [G]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
the sands [A]of Tokyo [D]Bay

[Interlude 1]
[D]

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

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

[Verse 7]
Tokyo Bay
[D]
I'll be a long gone [Dm]daddy
Be [D]a long gone daddy
Long, long gone daddy
Long gone daddy, so long

[Outro 1]
That's all I wrote
[D]