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GCC of the "alt.fan.jimmy-buffett" Internet Usenet newsgroup. Send all comments and questions to Mike A. Hall . [please see -- Disclaimer statement at end of document --] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ALBUM: Songs You Know By Heart @SONG: Cheeseburger in Paradise Cheeseburger in Paradise By: Jimmy Buffett 1978 >From "Son of a Son of a Sailor" Intro: ** Play "|" as strums or beats Bm |||| A | Bm |||| G | Bm |||| A | D |
TrieGd to amend Amy carnivorDous habits GMade it nearly Aseventy daDys Losin' weGight without sApeed, eatin' sunDflower seeds EDrinkin' loAts of carrot juice and soakin' up rays But at GnighAt I'd have tDhese wondGerful dreams GSome kind of Asensuous treBmat Not zucGchini, fettuDcini or buGlgar wDheat But a Gbig warm bDun and a hAuge hunk of mDeat
Chorus:
CGheeseAburger in Dparadise GHeaven on AEarth with an oDnion slice GNot too parAticular, noDt too precise I'm just a GCheeseDburger in AparadDise
Heard about the old time sailor men They eat the same thing again and again Warm beer and bread they said could raise the dead Well it reminds me of the menu at a Holiday Inn But times change, sailors these days When I'm in port I get what I need Not just Havanas or bananas or daiquiris But that American creation on which I feed Chorus: Cheeseburger in Paradise Medium rare with mustard be nice Heaven on Earth with an onion slice I'm just a Cheeseburger in Paradise ** [Guitar Tacet throughout] ** I like mine with lettuce and tomato ** Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes ** Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer ** Well good God almighty which way do I steer for my Chorus: Cheeseburger in Paradise Makin' the best of every virtue and vice Worth every damn bit of sacrifice to get a Cheeseburger in Paradise I need a Cheeseburger in Paradise I'm just a Cheeseburger in Paradise Repeat intro Repeat Guitar Tacet part [above] --------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: He Went To Paris @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall [mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu] He Went To Paris By: Jimmy Buffett 1973 >From "A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean"
AHe went to Paris lookin' for answers To Dquestions that bothered him Aso
He was impressive, young and aggressive
DSavin' the world on his E7own But theD warm summer breezes The AFrench wines and cheeses DPut his ambition at bay E7 The Asummers and winters
Scattered like splinters
And Dfour or five E7years slipped aAway Then he went to England, played the piano And married an actress named Kim They had a fine life, she was a good wife And bore him a young son named Jim
And all of the answers and all of the questions Locked in his attic one day 'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin' And twenty more years slipped away Well the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady And left him with only one eye His body was battered, his whole world was shattered And all he could do was just cry While the tears were a-fallin' he was recallin' Answers he never found So he hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean And left England without a sound Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's And drinks his Green Label each day Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin' But he don't care what most people say Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion If he likes you he'll smile and he'll say "Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic But I had a good life all the way"
And Ahe went to Paris lookin' for answers To DquestionsE7 that bothered him Aso
-------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Fins @CHORDS: Brian Michalowski [bam@wam.umd.edu] Fins By: Jimmy Buffett, Deborah McColl, Barry Chance, Tom Corcoran 1979 >From "Volcano" [needs work] Intro tab: [repeat three times???] last part of tab missing E-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A--0--|-----1-2-3-----3-|-----2-1-0-----0-|-----1-2-3-------| E-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
She came Bbdown from CCincinnFati It took her Bbthree days Con the Ftrain BbLookin' for some Cpeace and Fquiet BbHoped to see the Csun aFgain
But now she Bblives down Cby the Focean She's takin' Bbcare to Clook for sFharks They Bbhang out Cin the loFcal bars And they Bbfeed right Cafter Fdark
Am7Can't you Dm7feel 'em circlin' honey? Am7Can't you feel 'em swimmin' around?Dm7 YoBbu got finCs to tBbhe left, finCs to the right And you're the Bbonly Cbait in Ftown Am7 Oh whDm7oa, Am7 Oh whDm7oa You got Bbfins to the Cleft, Bbfins to the Cright And you're the Bbonly Cbait in Ftown
She's saving up all of her money Wants to head it south in May Maybe roll in the sand with a rock 'n' roll man Somewhere down Montserrat way But the money's good in the season Helps to lighten up her load Boys keep her high as the months go by She's gettin' postcards from the road Chorus: Can't you feel 'em closin' in honey? Can't you feel 'em schoolin' around? You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only girl in town [harmonica solo] Repeat Intro tab Sailed off to Antigua It took her three days on a boat Lookin' for some peace and quiet Maybe keep her dreams afloat But now she feels like a remora 'Cause the school's still close at hand Just behind the reef are the big white teeth Of the sharks that can swim on the land Repeat first chorus Repeat Intro tab and fade -----------------------------------------------------------------------| Chord diagrams: Bb - |x13331| Am7 - |xo2o1o| Dm7 - |xxo211----------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| @SONG: Margaritaville @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall [mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu] Margaritaville By: Jimmy Buffett 1977 >From "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
DNibblin' on sponge cake Watchin' the sun bake All of those tourists covered with Aoil
Strummin' my six-string On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp, they're beginnin' to Dboil D7 Chorus: G Wastin' Aaway again in MargaDritaville D7 G Searching for myA lost shaker of Dsalt D7 G Some people Aclaim that there's a Dwo-Aman to Gblame But I Aknow G it's nobody's fDault
I don't know the reason I stayed here all season Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo But it's a real beauty A Mexican cutie How it got here I haven't a clue Chorus: Wastin' away again in Margaritaville Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt Some people claim that there's a woman to blame Now I think Hell, it could be my fault Solo [based on verse chords and chorus] I blew out my flip-flop Stepped on a pop-top Cut my heel had to cruise on back home But there's booze in the blender And soon it will render That frozen concoction that helps me hang on Chorus: Wastin' away again in Margaritaville Searching for my lost shaker of salt Some people claim that there's a woman to blame But I know It's my own damned fault
Yes and,G some people Aclaim that there's a Dwo-Aman to Gblame And I Aknow G it's my own damned Dfault
------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Son Of A Son Of A Sailor @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall [mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu] Son of a Son of a Sailor By: Jimmy Buffett 1978 >From "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
GAs the son of a son of a sailor I went Fout on the Csea for adGventure ExCpanding the view of the Gcaptain and crew Like a Dman just released from inGdenture
As a Gdreamer of dreams and a traveling man I have cFhalked up Cmany a Gmile Read Cdozens of books about Gheroes and crooks And I lDearned much from both of their sGtyles
Chorus:
FSon of a son, Cson of a son Son of a son of a Gsailor FSon of a gun, Cload the last ton One step ahead of the Cjailer
Now away in the near future Southeast of disorder You can shake the hand of the Mango man As he greets you at the boarder And the lady she hails from Trinidad Island of the spices Salt for your meat and cinnamon sweet And the rum is for all your good vices
HFaul the sheet in as we Cride on the wind That our forefathers harnessed beGfore us HFear the bells ring as the Ctide ringing sings It's a son of a gun of a Gchorus
Where it all ends I can't fathom my friends If I knew I might toss out my anchor So I'll cruise along always searching for songs Not a lawyer a thief or a banker But the son of a son, son of a son Son of a son of a sailor Son of a gun, load the last ton One step ahead of the jailer I'm just a son of a son, son of a son Son of a son of a sailor
The Fsea's in my veins, my tCradition remains I'm just glad I don't live in a Gtrailer
------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes By: Jimmy Buffett 1977 >From "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" Intro: G D A G D
DI took off for a wGeekend last month Just to Atry and recall the whole Dyear All of the faces and Gall of the places WAonderin' where they all disaDppeared BmI didn't ponder the F#mquestion too long I was Ghungry and went out for a Abite Ran Ginto a chum with a Dbottle of rum and we Awound up drinkin' allD night
Chorus:
It's these Gchanges in latitudes, Dchanges in attitudes NAothing remains quite the Dsame WithG all of our running andD all of our cunning if Awe couldn't laugh we wouldG all go inDsane
Reading departure signs in some big airport Reminds me of the places I've been Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure Makes me want to go back again If it suddenly ended tomorrow I could somehow adjust to the fall Good times and riches and son of a bitches I've seen more than I can recall Chorus: These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same Through all of the islands and all of the highlands If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane [Repeat Intro chords] I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine I wish I could jump on a plane So many nights I just dream of the ocean God I wish I was sailin' again Oh, yesterday's over my shoulder So I can't look back for too long There's just too much to see waiting in front of me And I know that I just can't go wrong Chorus: With these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same With all of my running and all of my cunning If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane
If Awe weren't all crazy we Fwould Cgo inGsane D A D ------------------------------------------------------------ Chord diagrams: Bm - |xxo432| F#m - |xx4222| -------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| @SONG: Come Monday @CHORDS: Kevin Shuholm Come Monday By: Jimmy Buffett 1974 >From "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time"
Note: play in G, capo 2nd fret
G Headin' up to CSan Francisco D For the Labor Day wGeek-end show, I've got my Chush-puppies on I guess I NDever was meant for glitter Grock and roll Am And, honey, CI didn't know,D that I'd D7be missin' you so
Chorus:
ComeC Monday it'll Gbe all right ComeC Monday I'll be Dholdin' you tight I spent fGour lonely Bmdays in a bCrown L. A. Dhaze And I jCust want you Dback by my Gside
Yes, it's been quite a summer Rent-a-cars and west-bound trains And now you're off on vacation Somethin' you tried to explain And darlin', it's I love you so That's the reason I just let you go [Repeat chorus] Bridge:
Amaj7 I can'Dmaj7t help it honeyAmaj7, you're that much a pDmaj7art of me now Amaj7 Remember that nighDmaj7t in Montana C 5/2 5/0 C 5/2 5/0 D F C G when we said there'd be no room for doubt
I hope you're enjoyin' the scen'ry I know that it's pretty up there We can go hikin' on Tuesday With you I'd walk anywhere California has worn me quite thin I just can't wait to see you again [Repeat chorus]
I spent Gfour lonely Bmdays in aC brown L. A. hDaze And I Cjust want you Dback by my sFide... C G
------------------------------------------------------------- Chord diagrams: Amaj7=|x02120| Dmaj7=|xx0222| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| @SONG: Pirate Looks at Forty @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall [mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu] Pirate Looks at 40 By: Jimmy Buffett 1974 >From "A1A"
GMother, mother ocean, I have heard you call CWanted to sail upon your waters since I was Dthree Am7feet Gtall You've seen it aAmll, D yAm7ou've seen it aGll....
2] Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen Most of them dreams, most of them dreams 3] Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late 4] I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last, never meant to last 5] I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks, But I've got stop wishin', got to go fishin' I'm down to rock bottom again, Just a few friends, just a few friends... 6] I go for younger women, lived with several awhile And though I ran away, they'll come back one day And I still can manage a smile. It just takes a while, just takes a while 7] Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown.... --------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Why Don't We Get Drunk @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall [mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu] Why Don't We Get Drunk By: Marvin Gardens [A.K.A. Jimmy Buffett] 1973 >From "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean"
DI really do, D7appreciate theG fact you're Dsittin' here DYour voice sounds Gso wonderful E7 But your E7face don't look tooA7 clear So Gbarmaid bring a pitcher, D another round o' brew Honey Gwhy don't we getA drunk and Dscrew D7
Chorus:
GWhy don't we getA drunk and Dscrew? E7I just bought a waterbed filledA7 up for me and you TheyG say you are a snuff queen Honey DI don't think that's true So, why dGon't we get drunAk and screwD
Spoken: "Pick it Coral Reefers, here we go..." Solo [violin] Chorus: Why don't we get drunk and screw? I just bought a waterbed filled up for me and you They say you are a snuff queen Honey I don't think that's true So, why don't we get drunk and screw? Yeah, now baby I say, "Lord!," Why don't we get drunk and screw ----------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Boat Drinks Boat Drinks By: Jimmy Buffett 1979 >From "Volcano" Intro: D G A D G A
ABoat Ddrinks GBoys in the bandA ordered boatD drinks GVisitors Ascored on the homeD rink GEverything Aseems to be Dwrong G A
ALatelDy Gnewspapers menAtioned cheap airDfare GI gotta Afly to St. SomeDwhere GI'm close to Abodily haDrm
20 degrees and the hockey game's on Nobody cares, they're all way too far gone, screaming Boat drinks, something to keep 'em all warm This morning I shot six holes in my freezer I think I've got cabin fever Somebody sound the alarm Bridge:
Fmaj7 I'd like to go where the Cpace of life's slow Could you Gbeam me somewhere, Mr. CScott? Fmaj7 Any old place here on ECarth or in space E You pick the F#m7century and AI'll Gpick the F#mspot A
But I know I should be leaving this climate I've got a verse and can't rhyme it I gotta go where it's warm Boat drinks Waitress, I need two more boat drinks Then I'm heading south 'fore my dream shrinks I gotta go where it's warm [I gotta go where it's] I gotta go where it's warm [I gotta go where it's] I gotta go where it's WARM!
GI gotta Ago where there Gain't any Asnow Where there Gain't any Ablow, 'cause my Gfin sinks so Alow GI gotta Ago where it's Dwarm
--------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Grapefruit-Juicy fruit Grapefruit-Juicy fruit By: Jimmy Buffett 1973 >From "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean" Intro: B C B C F# G B C
BGrapeCfruit a Bbathin' Csuit Chew a little F#juicy Gfruit Wash away the Cnight
BDrive-Cin you Bguzzle Cgin Commit a little F#mortal Gsin It's good for the Csoul
Chorus:
Dm7 And oh it G7gets Cmaj7so damn lC6onely Dm7 When you're G7on a planeCmaj7 alone Dm7 And if I had the G7money honey I'dCmaj7 strap you in besideC6 me D7 And never ever leave you G7leave you at home all alone and cryin'
Ten speed no need My pickup gets me where I please Chuggin' down the street But I'll be leavin' In a little while So close your eyes and I'll I'll be back real soon Spoken: "Ah, take it Refers... Lady's choice, everybody dance..." Repeat chorus -------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chord diagrams: F# - |xx4322| D7 -|xxo212| Dm7 - |xxo211------------| G7 - |32ooo1| Cmaj7-|x32ooo| C6 - |xx2213------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| @SONG: Pencil Thin Mustache Pencil Thin Mustache By: Jimmy Buffett 1974 >From "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time"
DNow they make new F#7movies in B7old black and white E7With happy endings, where A7nobody fights So Dif you find yourF#7self in that nosB7talgic rage Honey, E7jump right up and A7show your age
Chorus:
I Dwish I had a F#7pencil thin musB7tache E7 The "Boston A7Blackie" Dkind A Dtwo toned F#7Ricky RicarB7do jacket And an E7autographed picture ofA7 Andy Devine
Oh ID remember bein' buckD7-toothed and skinny GWritin' fan letters to BbSky's niece Penny Oh I Dwish I had a F#7pencil thin B7mustache Then E7I could solve some A7mysteries Dtoo
Oh it's EmBandstand, B7Disneyland, Emgrowin' up B7fast EmDrinkin' on a B7fake I.D. Em And F#mRama of the C7jungle was F#meveryone's C7Bawana But E7only jazz musicians were A7smokin' marijuana Yeah, I Dwish I had a F#7pencil thin B7mustache then E7I could solve some A7mysteries Dtoo
[same as above chords with this verse] But then it's flat top, dirty bob, coppin' a feel Grubbin' on the livin' room floor [so sore] Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, But all you want to do is learn how to score
Yeah, but Dnow I'm gettin' F#7old, don't B7wear underwear I E7don't go to church and I A7don't cut my hair But DI can go to F#7movies and B7see it all there Just the E7way that it uA7sed to Dbe
Chorus: That's why I wish I had a pencil thin mustache The "Boston Blackie" kind, a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket And an autographed picture of Andy Devine Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be Maybe suave Errol Flynn or a Sheik of Araby If I only had a pencil thin mustache Then I could do some cruisin' too
Yeah, DBryl-cream, a little dab'll do yah Oh, E7I could do some A7cruisin' Dtoo
---------------------------------------------------- Chord diagrams: E7 - |o2o1oo| A7 - |xo2o2o| B7 - |x212o2| F#7- |xx432o| F#m - |244222| Bb - |113331| C7 - |x3231o------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| @SONG: Volcano Volcano By: Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, Harry Dailey 1979 >From "Volcano" Chorus:
FI don't know I don't C7know FI don't know where I'mBb a gonna go When the Fvol-C7cano Fblow
FGround she's movin' Bbunder Fme Tidal waves out Bbon the Fsea Sulphur smoke up Bbin the Fsky Pretty soon we Bblearn to Ffly
[Repeat chorus] My girl quickly say to me Mon you better watch your feet Lava come down soft and hot You better lava me now or lava me not [Repeat chorus] No time to count what I'm worth 'Cause I just left the planet earth Where I go I hope there's rum Not to worry mon soon come [Repeat chorus]
But I Fdon't want to land in BbNew York FCity Don't want to land in C7Mexi-Fco Don't want to land on no BbThree Mile FIsland Don't want to see my C7skin aFglow
Don't want to land in Commanche Sky park Or in Nashville, Tennessee Don't want to land in no San Juan airport Or the Yukon Territory Don't want to land no San Diego Don't want to land in no Buzzards Bay Don't want to land on no Eye-Yatollah I got nothin' more to say [Repeat chorus] ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ******************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer -[please read]-: These chord arrangments were created for private use. Anyone who distributes or copies them is in risk of violating copyright laws. We claim no responsibility for what others do with these lyrics and chord arrangements. Thank you, The GCC authors [end of disclaimer] --------------------------------------------------------------------- - End of the SYKBH GCC section...