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Changes in latitudes album Jimmy Buffett

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#@ALBUM: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes#Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes#[D]I took off for a w[G]eekend last month

Just to [A]try and recall the whole [D]year

All of the faces and [G]all of the places

W[A]onderin' where they all disa[D]ppeared

[Bm]I didn't ponder the [F#m]question too long

I was [G]hungry and went out for a [A]bite

Ran [G]into a chum with a [D]bottle of rum

and we [A]wound up drinkin' all[D] night

Chorus:

It's these [G]changes in latitudes, [D]changes in attitudes

N[A]othing remains quite the [D]same

With[G] all of our running and[D] all of our cunning

if [A]we couldn't laugh we would[G] all go in[D]sane

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 [A]we weren't all crazy we [F]would [C]go in[G]sane

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Chord diagrams: Bm - |xxo432| F#m - |xx4222|

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@SONG: Wonder Why We Ever Go Home

Wonder Why We Ever Go Home

By: Jimmy Buffett

[1977] Intro: G C/G G

[G]Years grow shor[C/D]ter, not longe[G]r

The [G]more you've [C]been on your [G]own

[G]Feelin's for [C/D]movin' grow stron[G]ger

So you [F]wonder why you [C]ever go [G]home

[F]Wonder why you [C]ever go [G]home

People are movin' so quickly

Humor's in need of repair

Same occupations and same obligations

They've really go nothing to share

Like drivin' around with no spare

River gets deeper not shallow

The further you move down the stream

Wonderin' if I can keep her

As I race to catch up with my dreams

How they shine and glitter and gleam

Years grow shorter, not longer

The more you've been on your own

Feelin's for movin' grow stronger

So you wonder why you ever go home

Wonder why you ever go home

You wonder why you ever go home

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Chord diagrams: C/G - |3x2o13| or |332o1o|

C/D - |xxoo1o|

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@SONG: Banana Republics

@CHORDS: (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) and Kevin J. Shuholm

Banana Republics

By: Steve GoodmanJim RothermelSteve Burgh

D[G]own to the Banana Republics, [Am]down to the tropical sun

Go the[D7] expatriated Americans, [G]hopin' to find some fun

S[G]ome of them go for the sailing, [Am]caught by the lure of the sea

[D7]Tryin' to find what is ailing, [G]livin' in the land of the free

S[G]ome of them are running from lovers, [Am]leaving no forward address

[D7]Some of them are running tons of ganja

some are[G] running from the I.R.S

Chorus:

[Dm]Late at night you will find them

In the[Am] cheap hotels and bars

H[C]ustling the senio[G]ritas [C]while they[G] dance be[D]neath the [G]stars

Spen[Dm]ding those renegade pesos on a [Eb]bottle of rum and a [D]lime

Si[C]ngin' give me some words I can [G]dance to

[C]Or a m[G]el - o[D7]dy that [G]rhymes

First you learn the native customs

Soon a word of spanish or two

You know that you cannot trust them

'cause they know they can't trust you

Expatriated Americans, feelin' so all alone

Telling themselves the same lies

That they told themselves back home

(solo) -play - G  Am D  G  - Dm   Am C  G C G

Down to the Banana Republics

Things aren't as warm as they seem

None of the natives are buying any

Second-hand American dreams

(repeat chorus)

Down to the Banana Republics

Down to the tropical sun

Go the expatriated Americans

Hopin' to find some fun

(repeat chords and fade)

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@SONG: Tampico Trauma

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

Tampico Trauma

By: Jimmy Buffett

[1977] ** At the places notated "5th, 4th, 3rd" stand for an "A" chord

** fingering on that particular fret. Specifically, 5th - |xx555x|

   **  4th - |xx444x|  3rd - |xx333x|  A - |xx222x|

Intro: (run of) 5th 4th 3rd A (repeat)

5th 4th 3rd A

I must look a mess I must admit

5th 4th 3rd A

But I have been travelling quite a bit

[D] South of the Border

[A] Where the law and order

Is [D]kept by Federales who just [E]grin

5th 4th 3rd A

And tell you they just want to be your friend

(repeat run)

I left for Tampico last July

I jumped off that boat I almost died

[D] There to greet us

[A] Were pretty senoritas

I [D]swore that I would not go home t[E]hen

(repeat run)

All those lovely ladies were my friends

All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend

(solo)

(repeat run)

That is all I really want to say

I was thrown out of the country yesterday

(See I was)[D] drinkin' double

[A] Causin' lots of trouble

When the [D]man looked in the window of the bar and he [E]grinned

5th 4th 3rd A

And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend"

(repeat run)

"I don't want to see you 'round here again"

"If you come back next time we may not..." (Hidy ho' boys!)

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@SONG: Lovely Cruise

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

Lovely Cruise

By: Johnathan Baham

[C] Drink it up, [F]this one's for [D]you

[C]It's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise

[C] I'm sorry it's ending, oh it's[F] sad, but it's [D]true

Honey,[C] it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise

Chorus:

[F] These moments we're [C]left with

[F] May you always re[C]member

[F] These moments are [C]shared by [G]few

[C] There's wind in our hair and there's [F]water in our [D]shoes

Honey, [C] it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise

Spoken: "So let's cruise darlin'"

(long solo) -play- C F D C G C C F D C G C C7

Chorus:

Ohhh, [F] these moments we're [C]left with

[F] May you always re[C]member

[F] These moments are [C]shared by [G]few

[C] And those harbor lights, lord, they're [F]coming into [D]view

[C] We'll bid our farewells much too [G]soon

[C] So drink it up, [F] this one's for [D]you

Honey,[C] it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise

Yeah baby,[C] it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise

Oh darlin',[C] it's been a [G]lovely c[F]ruise

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@SONG: Margaritaville

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

Margaritaville

By: Jimmy Buffett

[1977] [D]Nibblin' on sponge cake

Watchin' the sun bake

All of those tourists covered with [A]oil

Strummin' my six-string

On my front porch swing

Smell those shrimp, they're beginnin' to [D]boil

Chorus:

[G] Wastin' [A]away again in Marga[D]ritaville

[G] Searching for my[A] lost shaker of [D]salt

[G] Some people [A]claim that there's a [D]wo-[A]man to [G]blame

But I [A]know [G] it's nobody's f[D]ault

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

Coda:

Yes and,[G] some people [A]claim that there's a [D]wo-[A]man to [G]blame

And I [A]know [G] it's my own damned [D]fault

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@SONG: In The Shelter

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

In the Shelter

By: Jimmy Buffett

[1971] Intro: A E A E

[E] In the shelter

In the mornin' as the sun is brightly glea[A]ming

[F#m] I heard her crying out, "What is it all about?

I [E]just don't know, but [A]I can't go back [E]home"

[E] Lonely princess

All the days out on your own are growing emp[A]ty

[F#m] Nothing is going well

If you could only tell them [E]how you feel

But t[A]hey're too real to [E]understand

Chorus:

[A] Too many trite expressions

Ending in forced rejections [E]long ago

[A] To many innocent faces

In too many far out places [E]somethings wrong

Let me tell you that [B]somethings wrong

It's been that [A]way so long, and it's a [E]shame

On the street car

To the city where she knows she may lose it all

Riding for just a dime, takin' her own sweet time

And knowing well that this could be her final fall

Past the boutique

To the alley down the river, people pass her by

She sits on a big gray rock, takes off her boots and socks

Not knowin' what she will do next just starts to cry

Chorus:

[A] Too many wild rejections

Endin' in angry questions [E]from her dad

[A] Too many T.V. dinners

Ah, everyone loves a winner, but [E]she was lost

[A]No one knows the t[E]rials she had

(Repeat first verse, then)

[E]Hell, I just don't know, but [A]I can't go back [E]home [A] [E] [A] [E] (fade)

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@SONG: Miss You So Badly

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

Miss You So Badly

By: Jimmy Buffett/Greg Taylor

[1977] [C]I guess it [F]all blew up in Missoula

There just [C]was no [G7]other [C]way

After [F]months of goin' crazy, there was [C]nothin' [G7]left to[C] say

But when the[Am] dust had finally settled

And the[D7] air had quickly cleared

[F]Whoa, things were better [G7]off than I had fe[C]ared

Chorus:

(And I,) [F] Miss you so badly, [C] girl I love you madly

[G] Feelin' so sad now since I been [C]gone, gone, g[C7]one

[F] It gets quite confusin',[C] it seems that I'm loosin'

[G] Track of the long days since I been [C]home

We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons

I guess they meet there once a year

They exchange physician's stories

And get drunk on Tuborg beer

And then they're off to catch a stripper

With their eyes glued to her "G"

But I don't think that I would ever let 'em cut on me

Chorus:

(And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly

I think I've been had though for stayin' so long, long, long

And I'm, just watchin' the Gong Show, waitin' for Zorro

Losin' the long days since I been home

(Solo)

I got a head full of feelin' higher

And an ear full of Patsy Cline

There is just no one who can touch her

Hell, I'll hang on every line

Oh, crazy how things happen, it's incredible but true

The longer I'm gone the closer I feel to you

Chorus:

(And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly

I'm feelin' so glad just to be headin' home, home, home

I've been, battlin' motel maids, and chewin' on Rolaids

Countin' the hours till I get home

Whoa I been, countin' the hours till I get home

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@SONG: Biloxi

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

Biloxi

By: J. Winchester

D[A]own around Biloxi

Pretty girls are swimmin' in the [D]sea

They all look like sisters in the [A]ocean

B[D]oy will fill his pale with salty [A]water

And the [G]storms will blow from [D]off towards New [A]Orleans

T[A]he Sun shines on Biloxi

The air is filled with vapors from the [D]sea

The boy will dig a pool beside the [A]ocean

He sees [D]creatures from his dreams [A]underwater

And the [G]Sun will set from [D]off towards New [A]Orleans

(solo) G D A

[G] [D] [A] Stars can see Biloxi

Stars can find their faces in the sea

We are walking down beside the ocean

We are splashing naked in the water

And the sky is red from off towards New Orleans

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@SONG: Landfall

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

Landfall

By: Jimmy Buffett

[1977] Intro: G A C G G A C G

[G] [A] [C] [G] [G] [A] [C] [G] Now [G]what would they [A]do if I [C]just sailed a[G]way

[G]Who the hell [A]really compelled me [C]to leave to[G]day

[G]Runnin' low on[A] stories of what[C] made it a [G]ball

[G]What would they [A]do if I [C]made no land[G]fall

I lived half my life in an eight by five room

Just crusin' to the sound of the big diesel boom

It's not close quarters that would make me snap

It's just dealing with the daily unadulterated crap

Chorus: (see below for notes on "Run")

"Run" E A G

Sail away, for a month at a time

"Run" E A G

Sail away, I've got to restart my mind

And you'll [A]find me back at it [Gb]a - [G]gain

Now I love the smell of fresh snapper fried light

What you say pouilly-fusse to round out the night

The mid-morning watch is the best time to look

Oh, what would they do if I wrote the big book

'Cause I've seen incredible things in my years

Some days were laughter and others were tears

If I had it all to do over again

I'd just get myself drunk and I'd jump right back in

Chorus:

Sail away, that's the way I survive

Sail away, that's just no shuck and jive

But it makes my whole life come alive

Solo: (based on verse and chorus chords)

The wind whistles through the cold riggin' at night

Crazy crowds boogie to the sound and the lights

Bums down in Capo's, he's just havin' a ball

Oh, what would he do on another landfall

What would they do if I made no landfall

Oh, what would they do if I flew to Nepal

What would I do if I met Lucile Ball

I'm tryin' to make a little sense of it all

Just tryin' to make a little sense of it all

(Repeat Intro chords twice and fade)

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"Run" notes: this notates to play a "run" of the notes (G, Gb, E)

as a lead-in to the E chord of the chorus. Here's a Tab example:

  e -------------------
  b -------------------
  g --------------1----
  d --------------2----
  a --------------2----
  E --3--2--0----------

G Gb E E (chord)

** also, on the "Gb" note (last line of chorus), I play just the

note on the E (bass) string to lead-in to the G chord. As

always, listen to the song to get it just right. MAH

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{st:Jimmy Buffett}
{sot}{eot}##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #{sot}{eot}##comments and questions to Mike A. Hall <mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu>.#(please see - Disclaimer statement at end of document -){sot}
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{eot}#@ALBUM: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes#Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes#[D]I took off for a w[G]eekend last month
Just to [A]try and recall the whole [D]year
All of the faces and [G]all of the places
W[A]onderin' where they all disa[D]ppeared
[Bm]I didn't ponder the [F#m]question too long
I was [G]hungry and went out for a [A]bite
Ran [G]into a chum with a [D]bottle of rum
and we [A]wound up drinkin' all[D] night
Chorus:
     It's these [G]changes in latitudes, [D]changes in attitudes
     N[A]othing remains quite the [D]same
     With[G] all of our running and[D] all of our cunning
     if [A]we couldn't laugh we would[G] all go in[D]sane
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 [A]we weren't all crazy we [F]would [C]go in[G]sane
                                                                                     
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@SONG: Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
By: Jimmy Buffett
[1977]     Intro:  G  C/G  G
[G]Years grow shor[C/D]ter, not longe[G]r
The [G]more you've [C]been on your [G]own
[G]Feelin's for [C/D]movin' grow stron[G]ger
So you [F]wonder why you [C]ever go [G]home
[F]Wonder why you [C]ever go [G]home
People are movin' so quickly
Humor's in need of repair
Same occupations and same obligations
They've really go nothing to share
Like drivin' around with no spare
River gets deeper not shallow
The further you move down the stream
Wonderin' if I can keep her
As I race to catch up with my dreams
How they shine and glitter and gleam
Years grow shorter, not longer
The more you've been on your own
Feelin's for movin' grow stronger
So you wonder why you ever go home
Wonder why you ever go home
You wonder why you ever go home
                                                                                    
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Chord diagrams:  C/G - |3x2o13| or |332o1o|
                 C/D - |xxoo1o|
                                                                                    
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@SONG: Banana Republics
@CHORDS: (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) and Kevin J. Shuholm
Banana Republics
By: Steve GoodmanJim RothermelSteve Burgh
   D[G]own to the Banana Republics, [Am]down to the tropical sun
Go the[D7] expatriated Americans, [G]hopin' to find some fun
S[G]ome of them go for the sailing, [Am]caught by the lure of the sea
[D7]Tryin' to find what is ailing, [G]livin' in the land of the free
S[G]ome of them are running from lovers, [Am]leaving no forward address
[D7]Some of them are running tons of ganja
some are[G] running from the I.R.S
Chorus:
     [Dm]Late at night you will find them
     In the[Am] cheap hotels and bars
     H[C]ustling the senio[G]ritas [C]while they[G] dance be[D]neath the [G]stars
     Spen[Dm]ding those renegade pesos on a [Eb]bottle of rum and a [D]lime
     Si[C]ngin' give me some words I can [G]dance to
     [C]Or a m[G]el - o[D7]dy that [G]rhymes
   First you learn the native customs
Soon a word of spanish or two
You know that you cannot trust them
'cause they know they can't trust you
Expatriated Americans, feelin' so all alone
Telling themselves the same lies
That they told themselves back home
                                                                                    
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(solo) -play - G  Am D  G  - Dm   Am C  G C G  
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Down to the Banana Republics
Things aren't as warm as they seem
None of the natives are buying any
Second-hand American dreams
(repeat chorus)
Down to the Banana Republics
Down to the tropical sun
Go the expatriated Americans
Hopin' to find some fun
(repeat chords and fade)
                                                                                    
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@SONG: Tampico Trauma
@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)
Tampico Trauma
By: Jimmy Buffett
[1977]        **  At the places notated "5th, 4th, 3rd" stand for an "A" chord
   **  fingering on that particular fret.  Specifically, 5th - |xx555x|
                                                                                    
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   **  4th - |xx444x|  3rd - |xx333x|  A - |xx222x|
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Intro: (run of)  5th  4th  3rd  A  (repeat)
  5th         4th    3rd    A
I must look a mess I must admit
   5th          4th        3rd     A
But I have been travelling quite a bit
   [D]  South of the Border
   [A]  Where the law and order
     Is [D]kept by Federales who just [E]grin
         5th                4th     3rd     A
     And tell you they just want to be your friend
(repeat run)
I left for Tampico last July
I jumped off that boat I almost died
   [D]  There to greet us
   [A]  Were pretty senoritas
     I [D]swore that I would not go home t[E]hen
(repeat run)
All those lovely ladies were my friends
All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend
(solo)
(repeat run)
That is all I really want to say
I was thrown out of the country yesterday
     (See I was)[D]  drinkin' double
   [A]  Causin' lots of trouble
     When the [D]man looked in the window of the bar and he [E]grinned
                   5th                  4th      3rd      A
     And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend"
(repeat run)
"I don't want to see you 'round here again"
"If you come back next time we may not..."  (Hidy ho' boys!)
                                                                                    
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@SONG: Lovely Cruise
@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)
Lovely Cruise
By: Johnathan Baham
[C]  Drink it up, [F]this one's for [D]you
  [C]It's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise
[C]  I'm sorry it's ending, oh it's[F] sad, but it's [D]true
  Honey,[C]  it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise
Chorus:
   [F]  These moments we're [C]left with
   [F]  May you always re[C]member
   [F]  These moments are [C]shared by [G]few
   [C]  There's wind in our hair and there's [F]water in our [D]shoes
     Honey, [C]  it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise
Spoken: "So let's cruise darlin'"
(long solo) -play- C  F  D  C  G  C     C  F  D  C  G  C  C7
Chorus:
     Ohhh, [F]  these moments we're [C]left with
   [F]  May you always re[C]member
   [F]  These moments are [C]shared by [G]few
   [C]  And those harbor lights,  lord, they're [F]coming into [D]view
   [C]  We'll bid our farewells much too [G]soon
[C]  So drink it up, [F] this one's for [D]you
  Honey,[C]  it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise
  Yeah baby,[C]  it's been a [G]lovely [C]cruise
  Oh darlin',[C]  it's been a [G]lovely  c[F]ruise
                                                                                    
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@SONG: Margaritaville
@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)
Margaritaville
By: Jimmy Buffett
[1977]     [D]Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with [A]oil
Strummin' my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp, they're beginnin' to [D]boil
Chorus:
   [G]  Wastin' [A]away again in Marga[D]ritaville
   [G]  Searching for my[A] lost shaker of [D]salt
   [G]  Some people [A]claim that there's a [D]wo-[A]man to [G]blame
     But I [A]know  [G]  it's nobody's f[D]ault
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
Coda:
Yes and,[G]  some people [A]claim that there's a [D]wo-[A]man to [G]blame
And I [A]know  [G]  it's my own damned [D]fault
                                                                                    
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@SONG: In The Shelter
@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)
In the Shelter
By: Jimmy Buffett
[1971]     Intro:  A  E    A  E
[E]    In the shelter
    In the mornin' as the sun is brightly glea[A]ming
[F#m]    I heard her crying out,  "What is it all about?
    I [E]just don't know, but [A]I can't go back [E]home"
[E]    Lonely princess
    All the days out on your own are growing emp[A]ty
[F#m]    Nothing is going well
    If you could only tell them [E]how you feel
    But t[A]hey're too real to [E]understand
Chorus:
   [A]  Too many trite expressions
     Ending in forced rejections [E]long ago
   [A]  To many innocent faces
     In too many far out places [E]somethings wrong
     Let me tell you that [B]somethings wrong
     It's been that [A]way so long, and it's a [E]shame
On the street car
To the city where she knows she may lose it all
Riding for just a dime, takin' her own sweet time
And knowing well that this could be her final fall
Past the boutique
To the alley down the river, people pass her by
She sits on a big gray rock, takes off her boots and socks
Not knowin' what she will do next just starts to cry
Chorus:
   [A]  Too many wild rejections
     Endin' in angry questions [E]from her dad
   [A]  Too many T.V. dinners
     Ah, everyone loves a winner, but [E]she was lost
     [A]No one knows the t[E]rials she had
(Repeat first verse, then)
[E]Hell, I just don't know,  but [A]I can't go back [E]home   [A]   [E]     [A]   [E] (fade)
                                                                                    
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@SONG: Miss You So Badly
@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)
Miss You So Badly
By: Jimmy Buffett/Greg Taylor
[1977]     [C]I guess it [F]all blew up in Missoula
There just [C]was no [G7]other [C]way
After [F]months of goin' crazy, there was [C]nothin' [G7]left to[C] say
But when the[Am] dust had finally settled
And the[D7] air had quickly cleared
[F]Whoa, things were better [G7]off than I had fe[C]ared
Chorus:
     (And I,) [F]  Miss you so badly, [C]  girl I love you madly
   [G]  Feelin' so sad now since I been [C]gone, gone, g[C7]one
   [F]  It gets quite confusin',[C]  it seems that I'm loosin'
   [G]  Track of the long days since I been [C]home
We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons
I guess they meet there once a year
They exchange physician's stories
And get drunk on Tuborg beer
And then they're off to catch a stripper
With their eyes glued to her "G"
But I don't think that I would ever let 'em cut on me
Chorus:
     (And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly
     I think I've been had though for stayin' so long, long, long
     And I'm, just watchin' the Gong Show, waitin' for Zorro
     Losin' the long days since I been home
(Solo)
I got a head full of feelin' higher
And an ear full of Patsy Cline
There is just no one who can touch her
Hell, I'll hang on every line
Oh, crazy how things happen, it's incredible but true
The longer I'm gone the closer I feel to you
Chorus:
     (And I,)  Miss you so badly,  girl I love you madly
     I'm feelin' so glad just to be headin' home, home, home
     I've been, battlin' motel maids, and chewin' on Rolaids
     Countin' the hours till I get home
     Whoa I been, countin' the hours till I get home
                                                                                    
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@SONG: Biloxi
@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)
Biloxi
By: J. Winchester
D[A]own around Biloxi
Pretty girls are swimmin' in the [D]sea
They all look like sisters in the [A]ocean
B[D]oy will fill his pale with salty [A]water
And the [G]storms will blow from [D]off towards New [A]Orleans
T[A]he Sun shines on Biloxi
The air is filled with vapors from the [D]sea
The boy will dig a pool beside the [A]ocean
He sees [D]creatures from his dreams [A]underwater
And the [G]Sun will set from [D]off towards New [A]Orleans
(solo)  G   D   A
        [G]    [D]    [A]  Stars can see Biloxi
Stars can find their faces in the sea
We are walking down beside the ocean
We are splashing naked in the water
And the sky is red from off towards New Orleans
                                                                                    
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@SONG: Landfall
@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)
Landfall
By: Jimmy Buffett
[1977]     Intro:  G  A  C  G    G  A  C  G
        [G]   [A]   [C]   [G]     [G]   [A]   [C]   [G]  Now [G]what would they [A]do if I [C]just sailed a[G]way
[G]Who the hell [A]really compelled me [C]to leave to[G]day
[G]Runnin' low on[A] stories of what[C] made it a [G]ball
[G]What would they [A]do if I [C]made no land[G]fall
I lived half my life in an eight by five room
Just crusin' to the sound of the big diesel boom
It's not close quarters that would make me snap
It's just dealing with the daily unadulterated crap
Chorus: (see below for notes on "Run")
     "Run"     E       A          G
     Sail away,  for a month at a time
     "Run"     E             A          G
     Sail away,  I've got to restart my mind
     And you'll [A]find me back at it [Gb]a - [G]gain
Now I love the smell of fresh snapper fried light
What you say pouilly-fusse to round out the night
The mid-morning watch is the best time to look
Oh, what would they do if I wrote the big book
'Cause I've seen incredible things in my years
Some days were laughter and others were tears
If I had it all to do over again
I'd just get myself drunk and I'd jump right back in
Chorus:
     Sail away, that's the way I survive
     Sail away, that's just no shuck and jive
     But it makes my whole life come alive
Solo: (based on verse and chorus chords)
The wind whistles through the cold riggin' at night
Crazy crowds boogie to the sound and the lights
Bums down in Capo's, he's just havin' a ball
Oh, what would he do on another landfall
What would they do if I made no landfall
Oh, what would they do if I flew to Nepal
What would I do if I met Lucile Ball
I'm tryin' to make a little sense of it all
Just tryin' to make a little sense of it all
(Repeat Intro chords twice and fade)
                                                                                    
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"Run" notes:  this notates to play a "run" of the notes (G, Gb, E)
 as a lead-in to the E chord of the chorus.  Here's a Tab example:
                                                                                    
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      G  Gb E     E (chord)
** also, on the "Gb" note (last line of chorus), I play just the
   note on the E (bass) string to lead-in to the G chord.  As
   always, listen to the song to get it just right. MAH
                                                                                    
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laws.  We claim no responsibility for what others do with these
lyrics and chord arrangements.
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  The GCC authors
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