Tropical Island (state of mind)
                                 Ovid Stevens

Intro: guitar intro:   Eb    Bb     Ab   (2X)

Eb                                                             Bb
I?ve been to Jamaica a lot ,  I?ve seen the pretty women there
Ab                                 Eb                       Bb
I?ve been to China, Oh nothing quite compares
Eb                                                  Bb
I?ve been to New York too & every port along the way,
Ab                                Eb                     Bb
I have found paradise, now I?m here to stay
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Eb                          Bb                       Ab
Send the schooner away, I?m on dry land
Eb                          Bb                       Ab
& Take a look at my face, you?ll understand.
Eb                          Bb                       Ab
I don?t need to go runnin? away to find,
Eb                             Bb                    Ab
Oh no, some Tropical Island state of mind, mind  mind 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eb                                                 Bb
I let the trade winds take me to a place called nowhere 
Ab                                            Eb                             Bb
I came upon a port called hope,   Jesus, ain?t nobody there 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eb                          Bb                       Ab
Send the schooner away, I?m on dry land 
Eb                          Bb                       Ab
& Take a look at my face, you?ll understand.

Eb                           Bb                 Ab   
I don?t need to go runnin? away to find,      Oh no?
Eb                   Bb                  Ab    Bb   Cm      Fm   Bb  Fm   Bb
Some Tropical Island state of mind mind, mind 
Cm7                        Eb+                   Bb
     You?re all I needed??.. all I needed,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eb                                     Bb
I?ve got my feet on cloud nine, & my face is in the wind
Ab                           Eb                           Bb
Go on, tell the Capt?n  kiss my ass, cuz I won?t be back again,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eb                          Bb                       Ab  
Send the schooner away, I?m on dry land
Eb                          Bb                       Ab  
& Take a look at my face, you?ll understand.
Eb                          Bb                       Ab  
I don?t need to go runnin? away to find,
Eb                          Bb                       Ab  
Oh no, some Tropical Island state of mind?? 
 Eb     Bb           Ab                 Eb    Bb           Ab
Oooh,  Oooh,  Oooh,  Oooh,   some Tropical Island state of mind?
Bb   Cm
~~~~~~~~~ Key Change to C# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
F#                   C#                 B 
some Tropical Island state of mind?? 
F#                   C#                 B
some Tropical Island state of mind??