Chords for Far Side of the World Jimmy Buffett 9/1/08

Going around the world where still in all my travels music, thank God, is still the universal language. _ _ _ _
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[D] Ramadan is [G] over, 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] I'm past bamboo shacks and shops.
[A] Behind a chimney packed [G] like sardines with [D] bananas piled on top. _
I ran away from politics, [G] it's too bizarre at home.
[A] Away I flew, tuned into [G] blue, maybe [A] Amsterdam [D] all wrong.
Waking by a stewardess, [G] it's made somewhere below.
[A] All the fresh old love adventure, [G] God, I do [D] love this job so. _
So [G] I'll take [D] my moon, [A] that big [D]
hurricane.
[G] From there down that [D] Spanish [A] highway, things [D] remain the same.
[G] Girls [D] meet boys [A] and boys [Bm] cheat, girl.
_ [G] I'm heading out [D] this morning, all [A] the spots [D] I don't know to work. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] Oh, I believe in song [G] lines, obvious and none.
[A] I've written them like camels, things [G] are most [D] confused, like.
They run across the ocean, [G] through mountains and saloons.
[A] And tonight into the [G] desert where I sit [D] upon this dune. _
_ [G] _ [D] Camelback, _ [A] [D] live at home.
_ [G] _ [D] Timbuktu, the Chilean bum.
[G] Skipping [D] rags and bottle fights [A] are [Bm] porn and _ burp.
[G] Hey, that's the [D] way you travel [A] through Mars, huh?
[D] _ Let's go! _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ [D] I gotta get swim around the world.
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[D] _ _ _ And my birthday, [G] so to that extent.
The [A] Maasai and [G] the wise men are [A]
[D] circling my tent.
I teach them how to play guitar, [G] they show me how to dance.
[A] We got rum from the [G] Caribbean and burgundy [D] from France.
_ New Year's Eve in Zanzibar [G] with Babu and the boys.
[A] High up on the rooftop, you can relish [D] all the noise.
People dancing on the table, [G]
bouncing like gazelles.
[A] 2001 is the year [G] they put air raid [D] horns and bells.
_ _ [G] I [D] just say, I [A] just say, I'm [D] the best.
[G] Baby, [D] now [A] _ [D] you're a champ.
_ [G] Oh, [D] cause you're skipping [A] rags and porn [Bm] and burp.
_ [G] That's the way [D] it happens [A] from the [D] Maasai, huh? _ _ _ _
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_ _ Now back at home, it's [G] afternoon, 6,000 miles away.
[Em] It'll still be there when I get [G] through [D] attending this soiree.
There's jobs, chores, and questions, [G] and plates I've not eaten.
[D] But tonight I'll take my [G] chances on the Maasai [D] of the world.
[G] That's the way [D] it happens on [A] the Maasai [G] of the world. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#] _ _ That's the way it happens.
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