Capo on 2nd (to play along with the record) C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo F5 G5 G5 F5 C5 Got a letter from a long lost cousin of mine F5 C5 Who owns a little piece of heaven in the Argentine F5 C5 It's a different planet, it's a different place G5 G5 He calls it out of this world without traveling to space F5 C5 It's not just a lesson in geography F5 C5 No equation to unravel alge- brai - ically F5 C5 It's written in the wind and on the tropical sea G5 G5 From south of the equator it keeps callin'to me C5 F5 South America well you know I would C5 F5 South America if I only could C5 F5 G5 I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at C5 F5 South America I'd go anywhere C5 F5 South America somebody take me there C5 F5 G5 I wanna be, I wanna be going back F5 C5 You only get to heaven if you chase your dreams F5 C5 Let the paparazzi flash, let the tabloid scream F5 C5 I've been around too long to care what anyone says G5 G5 I'm hungry and I'm doing lunch with Cameron Diaz C5 F5 South America she's got that tango look C5 F5 South America she'll read you like a book C5 F5 G5 I wanna be, I wanna be going back Bridge (lots of classic BB harmonies and layering here - this is basic!) F5 C5 F5 C5 It rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase (gimmie that, gimmie that south america - sung over) F5 C5 G5 A simple translation translates and conveys G5 G5 G5 Gimme that, gimme that, South American girl C5 F5 C5 F5 Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo C5 F5 G5 I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at (Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo sung over) C5 F5 South America I'm not on some trip C5 F5 South America I just long for a ship C5 F5 G5 A sailing boat or anything that floats Going back C5 F5 Ooo oo oo bop south american C5 F5 Ooo oo oo bop south american C5 F5 G5 Ooo oo oo bop south american girl C5 F5 South America well you know I would C5 F5 South America if I only could C5 F5 G5 I wanna be, I wanna be going back Can't help smiling when you sing this song!