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[Intro] C F C F C F F G [Verse 1]
Got a Fletter from a long lost cCousin of mine Who owns a Flittle piece of heaven in the CArgentine It's a Fdifferent planet, it's a dCifferent place He calls it oGut of this world without traveling to space
[Verse 2]
It's Fnot just a lesson in gCeography No eFquation to unravel algeCbraically It's Fwritten in the wind and on the Ctropical sea From sGouth of the equator it keeps callin' to me
[Chorus]
South AmCerican, well youF know I would South AmCerican, if I oFnly could C I wanna be,F I wanna be wGhere it's at South AmCerican, I'd go aFnywhere South AmCerican, someboFdy take me there C I wanna be,F I wanna be Ggoing back
[Verse 3]
You Fonly get to heaven if you Cchase your dreams Let the Fpaparazzi flash, let the Ctabloid scream I've bFeen around too long to care what aCnyone says I'm Ghungry and I'm doing lunch with Cameron Diaz
[Chorus]
South AmCerican she's got that tFango look South AmCerican she'll read you Flike a book C I wanna be,F I wanna be gGoing back
[Bridge]
It Amrolls off my Gtongue like a mDmagical pChrase A sAmimple translGation this message conveys GGimme that, gimme that South American girl A-woah Cay oh, a-way oh F A-woah Cay oh, a-way oh F C I wanna be,F I wanna be whGere it's at
[Chorus]
South AmCerican I'm not oFn some trip South AmCerican I just loFng for a ship C A sailing boat For anything that floats GoGing back
[Outro]
COoooooooh Fah South America COoooooooh Fah South America COoooooooh Fah South American gGirl C F [To fade] South American, well you know I would South AmCerican, if I oFnly could C I wanna be,F I wanna be wGhere it's at