#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Mike HallGCC of the "alt.fan.jimmy-buffett" Internet Usenet newsgroup. Send all comments and questions to Mike A. Hall . (please see - Disclaimer statement at end of document -) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ALBUM: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes @SONG: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes By: Jimmy Buffett Intro: G D A G D D G I took off for a weekend last month A D Just to try and recall the whole year G All of the faces and all of the places A D Wonderin' where they all disappeared Bm F#m I didn't ponder the question too long G A I was hungry and went out for a bite G D Ran into a chum with a bottle of rum A D and we wound up drinkin' all night Chorus: G D It's these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes A D Nothing remains quite the same G D With all of our running and all of our cunning A G D if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane Reading departure signs in some big airport Reminds me of the places I've been Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure Makes me want to go back again If it suddenly ended tomorrow I could somehow adjust to the fall Good times and riches and son of a bitches I've seen more than I can recall Chorus: These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same Through all of the islands and all of the highlands If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane (Repeat Intro chords) I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine I wish I could jump on a plane So many nights I just dream of the ocean God I wish I was sailin' again Oh, yesterday's over my shoulder So I can't look back for too long There's just too much to see waiting in front of me And I know that I just can't go wrong Chorus: With these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same With all of my running and all of my cunning If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane A F C G D A D If we weren't all crazy we would go insane ------------------------------------------------------------ Chord diagrams: Bm - |xxo432| F#m - |xx4222| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| @SONG: Wonder Why We Ever Go Home Wonder Why We Ever Go Home By: Jimmy Buffett 1977 Intro: G C/G G G C/D G C/D Years grow shorter, not longer G C G C/D The more you've been on your own G C/D G C/D Feelin's for movin' grow stronger F C G So you wonder why you ever go home F C G C/G G Wonder why you ever go home People are movin' so quickly Humor's in need of repair Same occupations and same obligations They've really go nothing to share Like drivin' around with no spare River gets deeper not shallow The further you move down the stream Wonderin' if I can keep her As I race to catch up with my dreams How they shine and glitter and gleam Years grow shorter, not longer The more you've been on your own Feelin's for movin' grow stronger So you wonder why you ever go home Wonder why you ever go home You wonder why you ever go home ------------------------------------------------- Chord diagrams: C/G - |3x2o13| or |332o1o| C/D - |xxoo1o| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| @SONG: Banana Republics @CHORDS: (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) and Kevin J. Shuholm Banana Republics By: Steve Goodman\Jim Rothermel\Steve Burgh G Am Down to the Banana Republics, down to the tropical sun D7 G Go the expatriated Americans, hopin' to find some fun G Am Some of them go for the sailing, caught by the lure of the sea D7 G Tryin' to find what is ailing, livin' in the land of the free G Am Some of them are running from lovers, leaving no forward address D7 Some of them are running tons of ganja G some are running from the I.R.S Chorus: Dm Late at night you will find them Am In the cheap hotels and bars C G C G D G Hustling the senioritas while they dance beneath the stars Dm Eb D Spending those renegade pesos on a bottle of rum and a lime C G Singin' give me some words I can dance to C G D7 G Or a mel - ody that rhymes First you learn the native customs Soon a word of spanish or two You know that you cannot trust them 'cause they know they can't trust you Expatriated Americans, feelin' so all alone Telling themselves the same lies That they told themselves back home (solo) -play - G Am D G - Dm Am C G C G Down to the Banana Republics Things aren't as warm as they seem None of the natives are buying any Second-hand American dreams (repeat chorus) Down to the Banana Republics Down to the tropical sun Go the expatriated Americans Hopin' to find some fun (repeat chords and fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Tampico Trauma @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) Tampico Trauma By: Jimmy Buffett 1977 ** At the places notated "5th, 4th, 3rd" stand for an "A" chord ** fingering on that particular fret. Specifically, 5th - |xx555x| ** 4th - |xx444x| 3rd - |xx333x| A - |xx222x| Intro: (run of) 5th 4th 3rd A (repeat) 5th 4th 3rd A I must look a mess I must admit 5th 4th 3rd A But I have been travelling quite a bit D South of the Border A Where the law and order D E Is kept by Federales who just grin 5th 4th 3rd A And tell you they just want to be your friend (repeat run) I left for Tampico last July I jumped off that boat I almost died D There to greet us A Were pretty senoritas D E I swore that I would not go home then (repeat run) All those lovely ladies were my friends All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend (solo) (repeat run) That is all I really want to say I was thrown out of the country yesterday D (See I was) drinkin' double A Causin' lots of trouble D E When the man looked in the window of the bar and he grinned 5th 4th 3rd A And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend" (repeat run) "I don't want to see you 'round here again" "If you come back next time we may not..." (Hidy ho' boys!) ------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Lovely Cruise @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) Lovely Cruise By: Johnathan Baham C F D Drink it up, this one's for you C G C It's been a lovely cruise C F D I'm sorry it's ending, oh it's sad, but it's true C G C C7 Honey, it's been a lovely cruise Chorus: F C These moments we're left with F C May you always remember F C G These moments are shared by few C F D There's wind in our hair and there's water in our shoes C G C Honey, it's been a lovely cruise Spoken: "So let's cruise darlin'" (long solo) -play- C F D C G C C F D C G C C7 Chorus: F C Ohhh, these moments we're left with F C May you always remember F C G These moments are shared by few C F D And those harbor lights, lord, they're coming into view C G We'll bid our farewells much too soon C F D So drink it up, this one's for you C G C Honey, it's been a lovely cruise C G C Yeah baby, it's been a lovely cruise C G F C Oh darlin', it's been a lovely cruise --------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Margaritaville @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) Margaritaville By: Jimmy Buffett 1977 D Nibblin' on sponge cake Watchin' the sun bake A All of those tourists covered with oil Strummin' my six-string On my front porch swing D D7 Smell those shrimp, they're beginnin' to boil Chorus: G A D D7 Wastin' away again in Margaritaville G A D D7 Searching for my lost shaker of salt G A D A G Some people claim that there's a wo-man to blame A G D But I know it's nobody's fault I don't know the reason I stayed here all season Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo But it's a real beauty A Mexican cutie How it got here I haven't a clue Chorus: Wastin' away again in Margaritaville Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt Some people claim that there's a woman to blame Now I think Hell, it could be my fault Solo: (based on verse chords and chorus) I blew out my flip-flop Stepped on a pop-top Cut my heel had to cruise on back home But there's booze in the blender And soon it will render That frozen concoction that helps me hang on Chorus: Wastin' away again in Margaritaville Searching for my lost shaker of salt Some people claim that there's a woman to blame But I know It's my own damned fault Coda: G A D A G Yes and, some people claim that there's a wo-man to blame A G D And I know it's my own damned fault --------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: In The Shelter @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) In the Shelter By: Jimmy Buffett 1971 Intro: A E A E E In the shelter A In the mornin' as the sun is brightly gleaming F#m I heard her crying out, "What is it all about? E A E I just don't know, but I can't go back home" E Lonely princess A All the days out on your own are growing empty F#m Nothing is going well E If you could only tell them how you feel A E But they're too real to understand Chorus: A Too many trite expressions E Ending in forced rejections long ago A To many innocent faces E In too many far out places somethings wrong B Let me tell you that somethings wrong A E It's been that way so long, and it's a shame On the street car To the city where she knows she may lose it all Riding for just a dime, takin' her own sweet time And knowing well that this could be her final fall Past the boutique To the alley down the river, people pass her by She sits on a big gray rock, takes off her boots and socks Not knowin' what she will do next just starts to cry Chorus: A Too many wild rejections E Endin' in angry questions from her dad A Too many T.V. dinners E Ah, everyone loves a winner, but she was lost A E No one knows the trials she had (Repeat first verse, then) E A E A E A E Hell, I just don't know, but I can't go back home (fade) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Miss You So Badly @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) Miss You So Badly By: Jimmy Buffett/Greg Taylor 1977 C F I guess it all blew up in Missoula C G7 C There just was no other way F C G7 C After months of goin' crazy, there was nothin' left to say Am But when the dust had finally settled D7 And the air had quickly cleared F G7 C C7 Whoa, things were better off than I had feared Chorus: F C (And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly G C C7 Feelin' so sad now since I been gone, gone, gone F C It gets quite confusin', it seems that I'm loosin' G C Track of the long days since I been home We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons I guess they meet there once a year They exchange physician's stories And get drunk on Tuborg beer And then they're off to catch a stripper With their eyes glued to her "G" But I don't think that I would ever let 'em cut on me Chorus: (And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly I think I've been had though for stayin' so long, long, long And I'm, just watchin' the Gong Show, waitin' for Zorro Losin' the long days since I been home (Solo) I got a head full of feelin' higher And an ear full of Patsy Cline There is just no one who can touch her Hell, I'll hang on every line Oh, crazy how things happen, it's incredible but true The longer I'm gone the closer I feel to you Chorus: (And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly I'm feelin' so glad just to be headin' home, home, home I've been, battlin' motel maids, and chewin' on Rolaids Countin' the hours till I get home Whoa I been, countin' the hours till I get home ----------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Biloxi @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) Biloxi By: J. Winchester A Down around Biloxi D Pretty girls are swimmin' in the sea A They all look like sisters in the ocean D A Boy will fill his pale with salty water G D A And the storms will blow from off towards New Orleans A The Sun shines on Biloxi D The air is filled with vapors from the sea A The boy will dig a pool beside the ocean D A He sees creatures from his dreams underwater G D A And the Sun will set from off towards New Orleans (solo) G D A G D A Stars can see Biloxi Stars can find their faces in the sea We are walking down beside the ocean We are splashing naked in the water And the sky is red from off towards New Orleans -------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Landfall @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) Landfall By: Jimmy Buffett 1977 Intro: G A C G G A C G G A C G G A C G G A C G Now what would they do if I just sailed away G A C G Who the hell really compelled me to leave today G A C G Runnin' low on stories of what made it a ball G A C G What would they do if I made no landfall I lived half my life in an eight by five room Just crusin' to the sound of the big diesel boom It's not close quarters that would make me snap It's just dealing with the daily unadulterated crap Chorus: (see below for notes on "Run") "Run" E A G Sail away, for a month at a time "Run" E A G Sail away, I've got to restart my mind A F# G And you'll find me back at it a - gain Now I love the smell of fresh snapper fried light What you say pouilly-fusse to round out the night The mid-morning watch is the best time to look Oh, what would they do if I wrote the big book 'Cause I've seen incredible things in my years Some days were laughter and others were tears If I had it all to do over again I'd just get myself drunk and I'd jump right back in Chorus: Sail away, that's the way I survive Sail away, that's just no shuck and jive But it makes my whole life come alive Solo: (based on verse and chorus chords) The wind whistles through the cold riggin' at night Crazy crowds boogie to the sound and the lights Bums down in Capo's, he's just havin' a ball Oh, what would he do on another landfall What would they do if I made no landfall Oh, what would they do if I flew to Nepal What would I do if I met Lucile Ball I'm tryin' to make a little sense of it all Just tryin' to make a little sense of it all (Repeat Intro chords twice and fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Run" notes: this notates to play a "run" of the notes (G, Gb, E) as a lead-in to the E chord of the chorus. Here's a Tab example: e -------------------| b -------------------| g --------------1----| d --------------2----| a --------------2----| E --3--2--0----------| G F# E E (chord) ** also, on the "Gb" note (last line of chorus), I play just the note on the E (bass) string to lead-in to the G chord. As always, listen to the song to get it just right. MAH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ******************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer -(please read)-: These chord arrangments were created for private use. Anyone who distributes or copies them is in risk of violating copyright laws. We claim no responsibility for what others do with these lyrics and chord arrangements. 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