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Cowboy In The Jungle

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[Chords]
C6/G  3 0 2 0 1 3
[Intro]
G C G C/G G
[Verse 1]
There's a Gcowboy in the jungle
And he Amlooks so out of place
With his Dshrimpskin boots and his cheap cheroots
And his Cskin as Dwhite as Gpaste
GHeadin' south to Paraguay
Where the AmGauchos sing and shout
Now he's Dstuck in Porto Bello
Since his Cmoney all Dran oGutC  D  C  
So he Ghangs out with the sailors
Night and Amday they're raisin' hell
And his Doriginal destination's just another
CStory that he Dloves to Gtell
With Gno plans for the future
He Amstill seems in control
From a Dbronco ride to a ten foot tide
He just Chad to lDearn to Groll
[Chorus]
CRoll Dwith the Gpunches
CPlayed all Dof his Ghunches
CMade the best of Gwhatever came his Dway
What Che lacked Din ambiGtion
He made Cup with Din-Emtuition
CPlowing straight Dahead come what GmayC  D  C  
[Verse 2]
GSteel band in the distance
And their Ammusic floats across the bay
While DAmerican women in moo-moos
Talk about Call the things they Ddid toGday
And their Ghusbands quack about fishing
As they Amslug those rum drinks down
Discussing Dwho caught what and who sat on his butt
But it's the Conly sDhow in Gtown
[Chorus]
They're tryin' to Cdrink Dall the Gpunches
They Call may Dlose their Glunches
CTryin' to cram lost Gyears into five or six Ddays
CSeems that Dblind Gambition Cerased their DintuEmition
CPlowin' straight Dahead come what GmayC  D  C  
[Bridge]
Now FI don't want to Clive on that kind of Gisland
No FI don't want to Cswim in a roped off Gsea
Too much for Emyou, Em7too much for A7me
CI've got to be where the Dwind and the water are GfreeC  D  C  
[Verse 3]
GAlone on a midnight passage
I can cAmount the falling stars
While the DSouthern Cross and the satellites
They rCemind me of Dwhere we Gare
GSpinning around in circles
AmLiving it day to day
And still Dtwenty four hours may be sixty good years
It's really Cnot that Dlong a Gstay
[Chorus]
We've gotta Croll Dwith the Gpunches
Learn to Cplay all Dof our Ghunches
CMake the best of Gwhatever comes your Dway
CForget that Dblind Gambition
And learn to Ctrust your DintuEmition
CPlowin' straight Dahead, come what GmayC  D  C  
And there's a Dcowboy Cin Dthe Gjungle

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Cowboy In The Jungle

by Jimmy Buffett

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Em7

[Chords]

C6/G 3 0 2 0 1 3

[Intro]

G C G C/G G

[Verse 1]

There's a cowboy in the jungle

And he looks so out of place

With his shrimpskin boots and his cheap cheroots

C D G

And his skin as white as paste

Headin' south to Paraguay

Where the Gauchos sing and shout

Now he's stuck in Porto Bello

C D G C D C

Since his money all ran out

So he hangs out with the sailors

Night and day they're raisin' hell

And his original destination's just another

C D G

Story that he loves to tell

With no plans for the future

He still seems in control

From a bronco ride to a ten foot tide

C D G

He just had to learn to roll

[Chorus]

C D G

Roll with the punches

C D G

Played all of his hunches

C G D

Made the best of whatever came his way

C D G

What he lacked in ambition

C D Em

He made up with in-tuition

C D G C D C

Plowing straight ahead come what may

[Verse 2]

Steel band in the distance

And their music floats across the bay

While American women in moo-moos

C D G

Talk about all the things they did today

And their husbands quack about fishing

As they slug those rum drinks down

Discussing who caught what and who sat on his butt

C D G

But it's the only show in town

[Chorus]

C D G

They're tryin' to drink all the punches

C D G

They all may lose their lunches

C G D

Tryin' to cram lost years into five or six days

C D G C D Em

Seems that blind ambition erased their intuition

C D G C D C

Plowin' straight ahead come what may

[Bridge]

F C G

Now I don't want to live on that kind of island

F C G

No I don't want to swim in a roped off sea

Em Em7 A7

Too much for you, too much for me

C D G C D C

I've got to be where the wind and the water are free

[Verse 3]

Alone on a midnight passage

I can count the falling stars

While the Southern Cross and the satellites

C D G

They remind me of where we are

Spinning around in circles

Living it day to day

And still twenty four hours may be sixty good years

C D G

It's really not that long a stay

[Chorus]

C D G

We've gotta roll with the punches

C D G

Learn to play all of our hunches

C G D

Make the best of whatever comes your way

C D G

Forget that blind ambition

C D Em

And learn to trust your intuition

C D G C D C

Plowin' straight ahead, come what may

D C D G

And there's a cowboy in the jungle

About Cowboy In The Jungle Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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