Brian Wilson - South America - Imagination Album

Capo on 2nd (to play along with the record)

C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)   FOh (133211@1)oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo

F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)                    CGot (x32010@1)a letter from a long lost cousin of mine
            F (133211@1)                           CWho (x32010@1)owns a little piece of heaven in the Argentine
        F (133211@1)                        CIt's (x32010@1)a different planet, it's a different place
             G (320003@1)                           GHe (320003@1)calls it out of this world without traveling to space

F (133211@1)                    CIt's (x32010@1)not just a lesson in geography
      F (133211@1)                     CNo (x32010@1)equation to unravel alge- brai - ically
        F (133211@1)                          CIt's (x32010@1)written in the wind and on the tropical sea
       G (320003@1)                            GFrom (320003@1)south of the equator it keeps callin'to me

C (x32010@1)             FSouth (133211@1)America well you know I would
        C (x32010@1)          FSouth (133211@1)America if I only could
C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)  I wanna be,   I wanna be  where it's at
        C (x32010@1)             FSouth (133211@1)America I'd go anywhere
        C (x32010@1)             FSouth (133211@1)America somebody take me there
C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)
  I wanna be,  I wanna be  going back

F (133211@1)                       CYou (x32010@1)only get to heaven if you chase your dreams
            F (133211@1)                     CLet (x32010@1)the paparazzi flash, let the tabloid scream
       F (133211@1)                                CI've (x32010@1)been around too long to care what anyone says
       G (320003@1)                             GI'm (320003@1)hungry and I'm doing lunch with Cameron Diaz



C (x32010@1)                   FSouth (133211@1)America she's got that tango look
         C (x32010@1)                   FSouth (133211@1)America she'll read you like a book
C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)
  I wanna be,  I wanna be  going back

Bridge (lots of classic BB harmonies and layering here - this is basic!)
     F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)      CIt (x32010@1)rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase

(gimmie that, gimmie that south america - sung over) 
    F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)          GA (320003@1)simple translation translates and conveys
G (320003@1)             G (320003@1)              GGimme (320003@1)that, gimme that, South American girl

C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    FOh (133211@1)oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo
C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)           G (320003@1) I wanna be,  I wanna be  where it's at

(Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo sung over)
        C (x32010@1)           FSouth (133211@1)America I'm not on some trip
        C (x32010@1)           FSouth (133211@1)America I just long for a ship
C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)                       G (320003@1)  A sailing boat  or anything that floats Going back

C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)Ooo oo oo bop south american
C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)Ooo oo oo bop south american
C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)Ooo oo oo bop south american girl

C (x32010@1)             FSouth (133211@1)America well you know I would
        C (x32010@1)          FSouth (133211@1)America if I only could
C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)  
  I wanna be, I wanna be going back

Can't help smiling when you sing this song!
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