Refr?o:
F5
We can go to the tropics
D#5
Sip pi?a coladas
C#5                      C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
Or we can go to the slums
D#5
Where killas get hung
C#5                      C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there
 

F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there

Verso:
F5 
Baby girl I know it's rough but come wit me
D#5
We can take a trip to the hood
C#5
It's no problem girl it's my city
         C5
I could take you there
F5
Little kid wit guns only 15
D#5
Roamin' the streets up to no good
C#5
When gun shots just watch us, run quickly
         C5
I could show you where

Ponte:
F5                 D#5
As long you're wit me
                    C#5
Baby you'll be alright
                 C5
I'm known in the ghetto
                     F5   
Girl just stay by my side
                    D#5           C#5
Or we can leave the slums go to paradise
                C5
Babe it's up to you,
                   F5
It's whatever you like

Refr?o:
F5
We can go to the tropics
D#5
Sip pi?a coladas
C#5                       C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
Or we can go to the slums
D#5
Where killas get hung
C#5                       C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there
 

F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there

Verso:
F5
Shorty come wit me it's no worry
D#5
I know the bad men them where I stay
C#5
Police fly pursuit in a hurry
        C5
This is no gun play
F5
Don't be scared in the West Indies
D#5
It's Jamaica, that's where I'm from
C#5
Might see something you're not used to
         C5
Welcome to the slums

Ponte:
F5                 D#5
As long you're wit me
                    C#5
Baby you'll be alright
                 C5
I'm known in the ghetto
                     F5   
Girl just stay by my side
                    D#5           C#5
Or we can leave the slums go to paradise
                C5
Babe it's up to you,
                   F5
It's whatever you like

Refr?o:
F5
We can go to the tropics
D#5
Sip pi?a coladas
C#5                       C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
Or we can go to the slums
D#5
Where killas get hung
C#5                       C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there
 

F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
Oh we (oh we)
D#5
Can go (can go)
C#5
To a place (to a place)
                C5
I know you gon' like (oh oh oh)
F5
The beach (the beach)
D#5
The breeze (the breeze)
C#5                      C5
West Indies, I call it paradise


F5
We can go to the tropics
D#5
Sip pi?a coladas
C#5                       C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
Or we can go to the slums
D#5
Where killas get hung
C#5                       C5
Shorty I could take you there
F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there
 

F5
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#5
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#5                        C5
Shorty I could take you there