Tokyo Storm Warning

Oh, the sky fell over cheap Korean monster-movie scenery
And spilled into the mezzanine of the crushed capsule hotel
Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery
I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in hell
So you look around the tiny ɾoom and [Bm]you [A7wonder where the hell you [A7are
While the K.K.K. convention [C7]are all [Em]stɾanded in the bar
They wear hoods and [Bm]carry shotguns in the main stɾeets of Montgomery
But they're helpless here as babies 'cause they're only here on [C7]holiday

What do we care if the world is a joke? (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We're only living this instant

Well, the black sand [Bm]stuck beneath her feet in a warm Sorrento [C7]sunrise
A barefoot girl from Naples or was [Am7]it a Barcelona hi-rise?
Whistles out the tuneless theme song [Am]of a hundred cheap suggestions
And a million [C7]false seductions and [Bm]all [Em]those eternal questions

Well, what do we care if the world is a joke? (Tokyo Storm Warning)
Oh, we'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We're only living this instant

So they flew the Super-Constellation [C7]all [Em]the way from Rimini
And feasted them [A]on [C7]fish and [Bm]chips from a newspaper facsimile
Now dead Italian tourist bodies litter up the Broadway
Some people can't be [Am]told, you [A7know they have to [C7]learn the hard way

Holidays are dirt-cheap in the Costa del Malvinas
In the Hotel Argentina they can hardly tell between us
For Teresa is a waitɾess, though she's now known as Juanita
In a tango bar in Stanley or in Puerto [C7]Margarita
She's the sweetest and [Bm]the sauciest
The loveliest and [Bm]naughtiest
She's Miss Buenos Aires in a world of lacy lingerie

What do we care if the world is a joke? (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We're only living this instant

Japanese God, Jesus ɾobots telling teenage fortunes
For all [Em]we know and [Bm]all [Em]we care they might as well be [Am]Martians
They say gold paint on [C7]the palace gates comes from the teeth of pensioners
They're so tired of shooting protest singers
That they hardly mention [C7]us
While fountains fill with second-hand [Bm]perfume and [Bm]sodden tɾading stamps
They'll hang the bullies and [Bm]the louts that dampen down the day

What do we care if the world is a joke? (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We're only living this instant, hey

We braved the cold November air and [Bm]the undertaker's curses, saying
"Take me to [C7]the Folies Bergères, and [Bm]please don't spare the hearses"
For he always had a dream of that ɾevolver in your purse
How you [A7loved him 'till you [A7hated him and [Bm]made him cry for [Dm7]mercy
He said "don't ever mention [C7]my [A]name there or talk of all [Em]the nights you [A7cried
We've always been like [F]worlds apart, now you're seeing two nightmares collide"

What do we care if the world is a joke? (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke (Tokyo Storm Warning)
We're only living this instant, hey, ow!

Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!