Banana Republics Chords by Steve Goodman

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_ _ Down to the Banana Republic, _
_ [Am] _ down to the tropical _ sun,
[D] Come the _ _ expatriated Americans, _ [G] expecting to have some fun.
_ _ Some of them come for the sailing, _
_ _ [Am] drawn by the lure of the sea,
_ [D] To cure the spirit that's ailing, [G] from living in the land of the free.
_ Some of them are running from lovers, _ [Am] _ leaving no forward address.
_ [D] Some of them are running marijuana, _ [G] some are running from the IRS. _ _
[Dm] And late at night you will see them, [Am] in the cheap _ hotels and _ bars,
[D] _ Hustling the _ [G] senoritas [C]
as [G] they dance [D] beneath the [G] stars. _ _
_ [Dm] Spending their renegade days off, [Eb] on a bottle of rum [D] and a lime,
Singing, give me some words [G] I can dance [C] to, [G] and a [D] melody that [G] rhymes. _
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_ Once you learn the native customs, _
_ [Am] and a word of Spanish or two, _
[D] Then you know you can't trust them, because [G] they know they can't trust you. _
_ Down in Banana Republic, _ [Am] it is not always as warm as it _ seems,
[D] When none of the natives are buying _ [G] any second-hand American dreams.
_ _ _ _ Expatriated Americans [Am] are feeling so all _ alone,
[D] _ Telling themselves the same lies that [G] they told themselves at _ home.
[Dm] And late at night you will see _ them, [Am] in the cheap hotels and _ bars,
[D] _ Hustling the _ [G] senoritas [C]
as they [G] dance [D] beneath the [G] stars. _
_ [Dm] Spending their renegade days off, [Eb] on a bottle of rum [D] and a lime,
Singing, give me some words [G] I can dance [C] to, [G] and a [Dm] melody that [G] rhymes. _ _
_ Down to the Banana Republic, _
_ [Am] down to the tropical sun,
[D] Come the _ _ expatriated Americans, _ [G] expecting to have some fun. _
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