#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <9308181721.AA12718@moe.coe.uga.edu> Subject: song - "LastMangoInParis.crd" - Jimmy Buffett To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 13:21:28 EDT X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Last Mango in Paris =================== By Jimmy Buffett E A I went down to Captain Tony's E A To get out of the heat E A I heard a voice call out to me E A "Son come have a seat" C#m F#m I had to search my memory C#m A As I looked into those eyes C#m F#m Our lives have changed like the weather B But a legend never dies Chorus: E A I ate the last mango in Paris B E Took the last plane out of Saigon C#m F#m I took the first fast boat to China A B E And Jimmy there's still so much to be done I had a third world girl in Buzian With a pistol in each hand She always kept me covered As we roamed from land to land I had a damn good run on Wall Street With my high fashion model wife 'till I woke up dry beneath the African sky Just me and my Swiss Army knife I ate the last mango in Paris Took the last plane out of Saigon I took the first fast boat to China And Jimmy there's still so much to be done We shot the breeze for hours As the sun fell from the sky And like the sun he disappeared Before my very eyes It was somewhere past dark thirty When I went back to the head I read upon the dingy wall The words the old man said I ate the last mango in Paris Took the last plane out of Saigon I took the first fast boat to China And Jimmy there's still so much to be done That's why we wander and follow La Vie Dansante... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Chords: C#m - |x46654| or |xx212o| F#m - |244222| or |xx4222| ------------------------------------------------------------------- This song was done without having listened to it in a while, so there may be errors. Thanks to Kevin Shuholm for the arrangement and to Roy Thompson and Don Seto for lyrics help. Hope y'all enjoy it... ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Mike A. Hall // "If I don't die by Thursday, // // mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu // I'll be roarin' Friday night." // // // --J.Buffett // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////