{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2079367,"song":"Far Side Of The World","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2079367-far-side-of-the-world-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2079367?type=chord","rating":4.84989,"votes":24,"content":"Far Side of the World by Jimmy Buffett\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRamadan is over, the new moon's shown her face,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm half way around the planet in a most unlikely place.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFollowing my song line past bamboo shacks and shops,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBehind a jitney packed like sardines, with bananas piled on top.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI ran away from politics, it's too bizarre at home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway I flew, tuned in to Blue, maybe Amsterdam or Rome.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAwakened by a stewardess, with Spain somewhere below,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the threshold of adventure, God I do love this job so.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo while I make my move, on the big board game,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp and down a Spanish highway, some things remain the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nGirls meet boys and boys tease girls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm headin' out this morning for the far side of the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh I believe in song lines, obvious and not,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've ridden them like camels, to some most peculiar spots.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey run across the oceans, through mountains and saloons,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tonight out to the desert, where I sit atop this dune.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was destined for this vantage point, which is so far from the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've lived it in the pages of Saint-Exupery.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Paris to Tunisia, Casablanca to Dakar,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was riding long before I flew, through the wind and sand and stars.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCaravan, ride that hump,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTimbuktu's a jillion bumps.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSleeping bags and battle flags are coiled and furled,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's the way you travel to the far side of the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sunset framed by lightning bolts burns a lasting memory,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a string of tiny twinkling lights adorn the sausage tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the embers from the log fire flicker, fly, and twirl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen drift off toward the cosmos, from the far side of the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell it's Christmas and my birthday, and so to that extent,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Masai, not the wise men, are circling my tent.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI teach them how to play guitar, they show me how to dance,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have rum from the Caribbean, and Burgundy from France.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNew Year's Eve in Zanzibar, with Babu and his boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHigh up on the rooftop, you can relish all the noise.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're dancing on the tables, people bouncing like gazelles,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTwo oh oh one is ushered in with air-raid horns and bells.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTime to sing, time to dance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving out my second chance.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it happens on the far side of the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack at home, it's afternoon six thousand miles away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt will still be there when I get through attending this soiree.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere are jobs and chores and questions, and plates I need to twirl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut tonight I'll take my chances on the far side of the world.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, that's the way it happens on the far side of the world.[/tab]","plain_text":"Far Side of the World by Jimmy Buffett\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}