Desperation Samba Chords by Jimmy Buffett
Tempo:
91.6 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
E
Dm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It is my esteemed pleasure to now call once again on the professor of danceology at the
University of Margaritaville, the Cancun branch.
We're taking you down there.
It's time to baila todo en noche.
We're going to do the desperation samba.
Halloween's coming up.
Let's rock.
Johnny!
[G]
[Am] I want to see some moving [A] below the waist out there, all right?
[Am] [G]
[Am] [G]
[Am] Halloween in Tijuana, [G] full moon in [Am] my eyes.
Wonder how in the hell I got there [G] without a [Am] hitch-hike.
Do I trust my instincts [G] or turn myself [Am] around?
I follow my intuition [G] to that border [Am] town.
Here we go!
[Dm] Yo quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Key girls, they've begun [G] from their rooms [Am] above.
Skeletons are dancing [G] in the name [Am] of love.
Don't know where I'm going.
[G] I don't know where [E] I've been.
[Am] There may be no exit, [G] but hell, I'm [B] going in.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [A] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Viva la para no ser.
[G]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [Bm]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [C] I hear the people [G] shouting [Bb] the same old [F] haunting tune.
[C] I dance because [G] I know [Bb] it's here you get [Am] the move.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [E] amigos.
[G] [B] [Am]
[A] [Am]
[G] [Am] Arriba!
[G] [B] [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero
[E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo quiero
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Fiesta [G] toda la noche.
[Am] Toca el concierto, Johnny.
[G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[G] [Am] [A]
[B]
University of Margaritaville, the Cancun branch.
We're taking you down there.
It's time to baila todo en noche.
We're going to do the desperation samba.
Halloween's coming up.
Let's rock.
Johnny!
[G]
[Am] I want to see some moving [A] below the waist out there, all right?
[Am] [G]
[Am] [G]
[Am] Halloween in Tijuana, [G] full moon in [Am] my eyes.
Wonder how in the hell I got there [G] without a [Am] hitch-hike.
Do I trust my instincts [G] or turn myself [Am] around?
I follow my intuition [G] to that border [Am] town.
Here we go!
[Dm] Yo quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Key girls, they've begun [G] from their rooms [Am] above.
Skeletons are dancing [G] in the name [Am] of love.
Don't know where I'm going.
[G] I don't know where [E] I've been.
[Am] There may be no exit, [G] but hell, I'm [B] going in.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [A] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Viva la para no ser.
[G]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [Bm]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [C] I hear the people [G] shouting [Bb] the same old [F] haunting tune.
[C] I dance because [G] I know [Bb] it's here you get [Am] the move.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [E] amigos.
[G] [B] [Am]
[A] [Am]
[G] [Am] Arriba!
[G] [B] [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero
[E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo quiero
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Fiesta [G] toda la noche.
[Am] Toca el concierto, Johnny.
[G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[G] [Am] [A]
[B]
Key:
Am
G
E
Dm
A
Am
G
E
_ _ _ _ _ It is my esteemed pleasure to now call once again on the professor of danceology at the
University of Margaritaville, _ the Cancun branch.
We're taking you down there.
It's time to baila todo en noche.
We're going to do the desperation samba.
Halloween's coming up.
Let's rock.
Johnny!
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] I want to see some moving [A] below the waist out there, all right? _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ Halloween in Tijuana, [G] full moon in [Am] my eyes.
Wonder how in the hell I got there [G] without a [Am] hitch-hike.
Do I trust my instincts [G] or turn myself [Am] around?
I follow my intuition [G] to that border [Am] town.
Here we go!
[Dm] Yo quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero _ [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
_ Key girls, they've begun [G] from their rooms [Am] above.
_ Skeletons are dancing [G] in the name [Am] of love.
Don't know where I'm going.
[G] I don't know where [E] I've been.
[Am] There may be no exit, [G] but hell, I'm [B] going in.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [A] amigos.
_ [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Viva la para no ser.
_ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ [C] I hear the people [G] shouting [Bb] the same old [F] haunting tune.
[C] I dance because [G] I know [Bb] it's here you get [Am] the move.
_ [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero _
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [E] amigos. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ Arriba! _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero _
[E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
_ [Dm] Yo quiero _
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
_ _ _ Fiesta [G] toda la noche.
[Am] _ Toca el concierto, Johnny. _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
University of Margaritaville, _ the Cancun branch.
We're taking you down there.
It's time to baila todo en noche.
We're going to do the desperation samba.
Halloween's coming up.
Let's rock.
Johnny!
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] I want to see some moving [A] below the waist out there, all right? _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ Halloween in Tijuana, [G] full moon in [Am] my eyes.
Wonder how in the hell I got there [G] without a [Am] hitch-hike.
Do I trust my instincts [G] or turn myself [Am] around?
I follow my intuition [G] to that border [Am] town.
Here we go!
[Dm] Yo quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero _ [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
_ Key girls, they've begun [G] from their rooms [Am] above.
_ Skeletons are dancing [G] in the name [Am] of love.
Don't know where I'm going.
[G] I don't know where [E] I've been.
[Am] There may be no exit, [G] but hell, I'm [B] going in.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [A] amigos.
_ [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
Viva la para no ser.
_ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ [C] I hear the people [G] shouting [Bb] the same old [F] haunting tune.
[C] I dance because [G] I know [Bb] it's here you get [Am] the move.
_ [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero [E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
[Dm] Yo [Am] quiero _
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [E] amigos. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ Arriba! _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Dm] Yo [Am] quiero _
[E] bailar en el [Am] nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
_ [Dm] Yo quiero _
[E] bailar en [Am] el nuevo.
Do the desperation samba [G] con los [Am] amigos.
_ _ _ Fiesta [G] toda la noche.
[Am] _ Toca el concierto, Johnny. _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _