Banana Republics Chords by Steve Goodman

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_ _ _ _ _ Down to the Banana Republic, _ _ [Am] down to the tropical [Am] sun,
Come the [D] _
expatriated _ Americans [G] expecting the haves and 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.
_ And [Dm] late at night you will see them in the [Am] cheap hotels and bars,
_ _ [D] Hustling the _ [G] senoritas [C] as they [G] dance [D] beneath the [G] stars.
_ _ _ [Dm] Spending their renegade pesos _ on [Eb] a bottle of rum and [D] a lime,
Sucking, give me some words I [G] can dance [C] to, and [G] a melody [D]
that rhymes. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ Once you learn the native customs, _ _ [Am] and the 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,
When [D] 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 as they dance beneath [D] the [G] stars.
_ _ [Dm] Spending their renegade pesos _ [Eb] on a bottle of rum and a [D] _ lime,
[D] Sucking, give me some words I [G] can dance to, [G] and a melody [D] that rhymes.
_ _ _ Down to the Banana Republic, _ _ [Am] down to the tropical sun,
Come [D] the _ expatriated _ Americans, [A] [G] expecting to have some fun. _ _ _ _ _
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