[Note]
This should be played in Bossa Nova style:
• alternate plucking between maj7 and maj7sus2 chords
• picking the e chord in between
is what will give the distinctive sound of this song
[Notable Chords]
[Bmaj7] x24342
[Bmaj7sus2] x24322
[Amaj7] x02120
[Amaj7sus2] x02100
Intro
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
Verse 1
[Bmaj7sus2] [Gmaj7]
Seventh of September
[Amaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Remember when
[Gmaj7]
We met at the shrine
[Amaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Your kimono looked so fine
[Gmaj7]
Temple dancers swaying
[Amaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Flutes playing then
[G#m7] [Gmaj7]
I was yours and you were mine
[F#m7]
Pre-chorus
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Paul Desmond on the stereo
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
We sipped the sake very slow
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Kissing in the candleglow
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
That rainy night in Tokyo
Chorus
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
Bridge
[Emaj7] [Bmaj7] [G#m7]
We both got so hungry on the bullet train
[Gmaj7] [Dmaj7]
Lugging our luggage through the station
[Emaj7] [Bmaj7] [G#m7]
Finding a taxi in the pouring rain
[Gmaj7] [Em7]
We must have made quite a sight
[Gmaj7] [Em7]
In love on a rainy night
[Gmaj7] [Em7] [F#7]
And due for a little celebration
Instrumental
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
Verse 2
[Bmaj7sus2] [Gmaj7]
Safe from stormy weather
[Amaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Together we
[Gmaj7]
Stayed inside our room
[Amaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Just admiring the typhoon
[Gmaj7]
Heard the cats arrive
[Amaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Nearly five but we
[G#m7] [Gmaj7]
Were still making love in tune
[F#m7]
Pre-chorus
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Paul Desmond on the stereo
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
We sipped the sake very slow
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Kissing in the candleglow
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
That rainy night in Tokyo
[Outro ad lib]
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
[Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2] [Bmaj7] [Bmaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
[Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2] [Amaj7] [Amaj7sus2]
Tokyo!
