Performed By Jimmy Buffett
(These tabs are dumbed down a bit but they sound okay)
Intro and the verses
G
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G---------0--------------0----------------------0--
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A--------------------------------------0-2---------
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Am
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D------------2-----------------2--------2-----------2
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D
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B------------3---------3---------------------------3----
G--------2----------------2----------------------------2
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G C G
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G
Down to the Banana Republics
Am
Down to the tropical sun
D7
Go the expatriated Americans
G
Hopin' to find some fun
G
Some of them go for the sailing
Am
Caught by the lure of the sea
D7
Tryin' to find what is ailing
G
Livin' in the land of the free
G
Some of them are running from lovers
Am
Leaving no forward address
D7
Some of them are running tons of ganja
G
some are running from the I.R.S
Chorus (see tab below)
Dm
Late at night you will find them
Am
In the cheap hotels and bars
C G
Hustling the senioritas
C G D G
While they dance beneath the stars
Dm
Spending those renegade pesos
Eb D
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) 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)
Chorus Tab
"Late at night...."
Dm
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Am
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G----------2--------------2--------------2-------------2-
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C G C
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G D
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G----0-----------------0--------------------------
D------------0------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------
E----3-----------------3--------------------------
Dm
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B-----------3-----------3-------------------3---------3---
G-------2-------------------2-----------2----------------2
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on a bottle of rum and a lime.....
Eb D
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B--------4-------------3---------3--------3-------3
G------3-------------2--------2---------2-------2-
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A---------------------------3----------2-------0----
E----------------------------------------------------
Then C G C G D G tab from above