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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1769126,"song":"Calypso","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1769126-calypso-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1769126?type=chord","rating":4.76395,"votes":20,"content":"Calypso   \r\nWords and Music by John Denver, 1975\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nTo sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm/A[/ch]\r\nTo ride on the crest of a wild raging storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nTo work in the service of life and living[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Amaj7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Bm/A[/ch]\r\nIn search of the answers to the questions unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nTo be part of the movement and part of the growing[/tab]\r\nAmaj7      A              Em7/A (open for two bars)\r\nPart of beginning to understand\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAye Calypso the places you've been to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe things that you've shown us[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe stories you tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAye Calypso, I sing to your spirit[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe men who have served you so long and so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHi - dee  - ay  -- ee  -   ooo------[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\ndo  - dle - oh   ---  do do do do do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\ndo - dle  -  ay  -  ee  ----------[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\ndo-dle  - ay    -  ee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nLike the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm/A[/ch]\r\nTo light up the darkness and show us the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nFor though we are strangers in your silent world[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Bm/A[/ch]\r\nTo live on the land we must learn from the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nTo be true as the tide and free as a wind swell[/tab]\r\nAmaj7       A                  Em7/A (open for two bars)\r\nJoyful and loving in letting it be\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAye Calypso the places you've been to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe things that you've shown us[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe stories you tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAye Calypso, I sing to your spirit[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe men who have served you so long and so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHi - dee  - ay  -- ee  -   ooo------[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\ndo  - dle - oh   ---  do do do do do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\ndo - dle  -  ay  -  ee  ----------[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\ndo-dle  - ay    -  ee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAye Calypso the places you've been to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe things that you've shown us[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe stories you tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAye Calypso, I sing to your spirit[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe men who have served you so long and so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHi - dee  - ay  -- ee  -      hi-dee  oh [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\noooo/oooo/  oooo/oooo/oooo/ooooooooooooooooooo [/tab]\r\n(repeat yodel once)","plain_text":"Calypso   \nWords and Music by John Denver, 1975\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nAmaj7      A              Em7/A (open for two bars)\nPart of beginning to understand\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nAmaj7       A                  Em7/A (open for two bars)\nJoyful and loving in letting it be\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n(repeat yodel once)","chords":["A","A6","Amaj7","Bm/A","D","E","E7","Dsus4","D/A","C#m","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Amaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,1,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,1,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}