Far Side of the World Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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Ramadan is over, [G] the new moon's shown her face.
[A] I'm halfway around the planet [G] in a most [D] unlikely place.
_ Following my song [G] line past bamboo shacks and shops.
Behind a [A] kidney packed like sardines with [D] bananas piled on top.
_ _ I've ran away from politics, [G] it's too bizarre at home.
[A] Away I flew, tuned into [G] blue, maybe [A] Amsterdam [D] or Rome.
Waken by a stewardess [G] with Spain somewhere below.
On the threshold of adventure, God I [A] do love [D] this job so.
So while I [G] make my move [A] on the big board [D] game.
Been down that Spanish highway, [A] some things [D] remain the same.
Girls meet boys [A] and boys tease [Bm] girls. _
[G] I'm heading [D] out this morning for [A] the far [G] side of the world.
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_ [E] _ _ _ [D] I believe in song [G] lines, obvious and not.
[A] I've ridden them like [G] camels to some most [A] peculiar [D] spots.
They run across the ocean [G] through mountains and [E] saloons.
And the night [A] out to the desert where I sit atop [D] this tomb.
_ I was destined for this Spanish point, though it's [G] so far from the sea.
I've lived it in pages, a [A] subject to [D] Paris.
From Paris to Tunisia, [G] Casablanca to Dakar.
I [A] was riding along before I flew through the wind and [D] sand and star.
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[D] Caravan, _ [D] ride that hump.
And Timbuktu, [A] a [D] Julian bump.
[G] Sleeping bag and battle [A] flag, they're coiled [Bm] and curled.
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That's the way [D] he sails to [A] the far [D] side of the world. _ _
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Sunset frame by [G] lightning bolt burns a lasting memory.
And [A] a string of tiny twinkling [G] lights [E] on the [D] sausage tree.
While the embers from the love [G] fire, they flicker, fly, and twirl.
[A] And drift off towards the cosmos from [Em] the far [A] side of [D] the world. _ _
[D] That's Christmas and my birthday, [G] and so to that extent.
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My side night wise men [G] are [A] circling [D] my tent.
I teach them how to play guitar, they [G] show me how to dance.
[A] We have rum from the Caribbean [G] and [A] burgundy [D] from France. _
New Year's evenings and a bar [G] with Babu and his boys.
[A] High up on the rooftop, you [A] can relish [D] all the noise.
They're dancing on tables, [G] people bouncing like gazelles.
[A] Two old boys ushered in with their red [D] horns and bells. _ _
Time to sing, time to deck. _
[G] Leaving [D] out [A] my [D] second chance. _
Cobras and sleeping [A] bags are coiled and [Bm] curled.
_ [G] That's the [D] way it happens [A] on the far side [D] of the world.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Back at home, it's afternoon, [G] six thousand miles away.
[A] It will still be there when I [G] get through attending [A] the [D] soiree.
There are jobs and chores and questions [G] and plates I'd need to twirl.
But [A] tonight I'll take my chances on the far [A] side of [D] the world.
[G] Yes, that's the way [D] it happens on the [A] far side of the [G] world. _ _
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