My Tropical Vacation Chords by Bertie Higgins
Tempo:
117.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[B]
[E] The islands have [C#m] houses [E] painted red [A] and blue, [E] [A] orange, yellow, [B] turquoise too.
[E] Down in [C#m] the islands [E] you can see [A] right through, [E] the water [A] straight down [E] to the bottom.
The [C#m] ocean's got fishes [B] of every [A] kind, [E] the land's teeming [A] with women.
You [B] can catch with a [E] line, palm trees [C#m] don't [B] lose their [A] leaves no time,
[E] even [A] when the season [B] is
[E] autumn.
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit, [A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin,
[A] wear [E] those little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
You [F#] know the smoke will never see [A] me again,
[E] It's my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, [E] it's my [B] tropical vacation [E] my friend.
Red [C#m] strap on my [G#m] back and one in [A] my hand, [E] I look [A] just like [B] a lobster man.
[E] Spending all my time [B] under a [A] ceiling fan, wishing I could sleep [B] in midair.
[E]
There's a sweet little thing [B] giving me [A] the eye,
[E] I want her [A] so badly, [B] you know I could [E] cry.
But I know that if she touches me I [A] will die,
[E] Now I'm cussing [A] cause life [B] ain't [E] fair.
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin,
[A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see [A] me again,
It's [E] my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend.
[E] [F#]
[B] [A]
[E] [F#]
[B] [C#m] The locals told me don't stay [B] on the beach [A] too long,
[E] their warnings [A] were all [B] in vain.
[E] By day I let the sun cook my [B] skin [A] bright red,
[E] and at night I [A] let the rum [B] cook my [E] brain.
Cook my brain.
[A] Lost [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] got a [E] little color on [B] my skin,
[A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see me [A] again,
It's [E] my tropical [A] vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend.
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [B]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[B]
[E] The islands have [C#m] houses [E] painted red [A] and blue, [E] [A] orange, yellow, [B] turquoise too.
[E] Down in [C#m] the islands [E] you can see [A] right through, [E] the water [A] straight down [E] to the bottom.
The [C#m] ocean's got fishes [B] of every [A] kind, [E] the land's teeming [A] with women.
You [B] can catch with a [E] line, palm trees [C#m] don't [B] lose their [A] leaves no time,
[E] even [A] when the season [B] is
[E] autumn.
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit, [A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin,
[A] wear [E] those little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
You [F#] know the smoke will never see [A] me again,
[E] It's my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, [E] it's my [B] tropical vacation [E] my friend.
Red [C#m] strap on my [G#m] back and one in [A] my hand, [E] I look [A] just like [B] a lobster man.
[E] Spending all my time [B] under a [A] ceiling fan, wishing I could sleep [B] in midair.
[E]
There's a sweet little thing [B] giving me [A] the eye,
[E] I want her [A] so badly, [B] you know I could [E] cry.
But I know that if she touches me I [A] will die,
[E] Now I'm cussing [A] cause life [B] ain't [E] fair.
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin,
[A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see [A] me again,
It's [E] my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend.
[E] [F#]
[B] [A]
[E] [F#]
[B] [C#m] The locals told me don't stay [B] on the beach [A] too long,
[E] their warnings [A] were all [B] in vain.
[E] By day I let the sun cook my [B] skin [A] bright red,
[E] and at night I [A] let the rum [B] cook my [E] brain.
Cook my brain.
[A] Lost [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] got a [E] little color on [B] my skin,
[A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see me [A] again,
It's [E] my tropical [A] vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend.
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [B]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
F#
E
A
B
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] The islands have [C#m] houses [E] painted red [A] and blue, _ [E] _ [A] orange, yellow, [B] _ turquoise too.
[E] _ Down in [C#m] the islands [E] you can see [A] right through, [E] the water [A] straight down [E] to the _ bottom.
_ _ The [C#m] ocean's got fishes [B] of every [A] kind, [E] the land's teeming [A] with women.
You [B] can catch with a [E] line, palm trees [C#m] don't [B] lose their [A] leaves no time,
[E] even [A] when the season [B] is _
[E] autumn. _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit, [A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin, _ _
[A] wear [E] those little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
You [F#] know the smoke will never see [A] me again, _
[E] It's my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, [E] it's my [B] tropical vacation [E] my friend. _ _
Red [C#m] strap on my [G#m] back and one in [A] my hand, [E] I look [A] just like [B] a lobster man.
[E] Spending all my time [B] under a [A] ceiling fan, wishing I could sleep [B] in midair.
[E] _ _
_ There's a sweet little thing [B] giving me [A] the eye,
[E] I want her [A] so badly, [B] you know I could [E] cry.
But I know that if she touches me I [A] will die,
[E] Now I'm cussing [A] cause life [B] ain't [E] fair.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin, _ _
[A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see [A] me again,
It's [E] my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C#m] The locals told me don't stay [B] on the beach [A] too long,
[E] their warnings [A] were all [B] in vain.
_ [E] By day I let the sun cook my [B] skin [A] bright red,
[E] and at night I [A] let the rum [B] cook my [E] _ brain.
Cook my brain.
_ [A] Lost [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] got a [E] little color on [B] my skin,
_ _ [A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see me [A] again, _
It's [E] my tropical [A] vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend.
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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] The islands have [C#m] houses [E] painted red [A] and blue, _ [E] _ [A] orange, yellow, [B] _ turquoise too.
[E] _ Down in [C#m] the islands [E] you can see [A] right through, [E] the water [A] straight down [E] to the _ bottom.
_ _ The [C#m] ocean's got fishes [B] of every [A] kind, [E] the land's teeming [A] with women.
You [B] can catch with a [E] line, palm trees [C#m] don't [B] lose their [A] leaves no time,
[E] even [A] when the season [B] is _
[E] autumn. _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit, [A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin, _ _
[A] wear [E] those little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
You [F#] know the smoke will never see [A] me again, _
[E] It's my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, [E] it's my [B] tropical vacation [E] my friend. _ _
Red [C#m] strap on my [G#m] back and one in [A] my hand, [E] I look [A] just like [B] a lobster man.
[E] Spending all my time [B] under a [A] ceiling fan, wishing I could sleep [B] in midair.
[E] _ _
_ There's a sweet little thing [B] giving me [A] the eye,
[E] I want her [A] so badly, [B] you know I could [E] cry.
But I know that if she touches me I [A] will die,
[E] Now I'm cussing [A] cause life [B] ain't [E] fair.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'm gonna lose [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] get a [E] little color [B] on my skin, _ _
[A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see [A] me again,
It's [E] my [A] tropical vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C#m] The locals told me don't stay [B] on the beach [A] too long,
[E] their warnings [A] were all [B] in vain.
_ [E] By day I let the sun cook my [B] skin [A] bright red,
[E] and at night I [A] let the rum [B] cook my [E] _ brain.
Cook my brain.
_ [A] Lost [E] my mind [B] on rum [E] and fruit,
[A] got a [E] little color on [B] my skin,
_ _ [A] wear those [E] little spiels, [B] make me look [E] like new.
[F#] Smoke will never see me [A] again, _
It's [E] my tropical [A] vacation [E] my friend,
[A] Oh, it's [E] my tropical [B] vacation [A] my friend.
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