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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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Coconut Telegraph
It's ETuesday on the Ais-Eland
NBot much going Eon
The parties are all Ao-Ever
They Bended just past Edawn
The Ejungle drums are Abeat-Eing
With the Btales from late last Enight
Cause stories bear rAepea-Eting
For Beveryone's deElight
Chorus:
     EYou can Ahear 'em on the coconut Etelegraph
     Can't keep Bnothin' under their Ehat
     You can Ahear 'em on the coconut Etelegraph
     Sayin' Bwho did dis and Edat
     ADis and Edat, Bdis and Edat
Now I'm not one for dealing gossip
But was he that big a fool?
To do a belly buster high dive
And miss the entire pool?
And what became of sweet Melissa?
And the boy nobody knew
Did Ricardo ever find her?
I swear it's just between me and you
2nd Chorus:
     But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph
     By now everybody knows
     You can hear it on the coconut telegraph
     Just who comes and goes
     Comes and goes, comes and goes
     ALa  la la Ela   la la Bla        Ala  la la Ela   la la Bla
     ALa  la la Ela   (la la la la la)
     ALa  la la Ela   (la la la la Bla)
It's hump day on the island
The lines have all gone dead
All the juicy news is history
I guess everything's been said
But when the eagle flies on Friday
And the boys break out the rum
Then the joint begins to jumpin'
And you'll hear those hotlines hum
Last Chorus:
     Put it on the coconut telegraph
     All the celebration and the stress
     Baby put it on the coconut telegraph
     In twenty-five words or less
     I want to hear it on the coconut telegraph
     All the celebration and the stress
     Baby put it on the coconut telegraph
     In twenty-five words or less
     Dis and dat, comes and goes
     Dis and dat, comes and goes
//   Mike A. Hall           // "If I don't die by Thursday,    //

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Coconut Telegraph

by Jimmy Buffett

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Coconut Telegraph

E A E

It's Tuesday on the is-land

B E

Not much going on

A E

The parties are all o-ver

B E

They ended just past dawn

E A E

The jungle drums are beat-ing

B E

With the tales from late last night

A E

Cause stories bear repea-ting

B E

For everyone's delight

Chorus:

E A E

You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph

B E

Can't keep nothin' under their hat

A E

You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph

B E

Sayin' who did dis and dat

A E B E

Dis and dat, dis and dat

Now I'm not one for dealing gossip

But was he that big a fool?

To do a belly buster high dive

And miss the entire pool?

And what became of sweet Melissa?

And the boy nobody knew

Did Ricardo ever find her?

I swear it's just between me and you

2nd Chorus:

But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph

By now everybody knows

You can hear it on the coconut telegraph

Just who comes and goes

Comes and goes, comes and goes

A E B A E B

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la

A E

La la la la (la la la la la)

A E B

La la la la (la la la la la)

It's hump day on the island

The lines have all gone dead

All the juicy news is history

I guess everything's been said

But when the eagle flies on Friday

And the boys break out the rum

Then the joint begins to jumpin'

And you'll hear those hotlines hum

Last Chorus:

Put it on the coconut telegraph

All the celebration and the stress

Baby put it on the coconut telegraph

In twenty-five words or less

I want to hear it on the coconut telegraph

All the celebration and the stress

Baby put it on the coconut telegraph

In twenty-five words or less

Dis and dat, comes and goes

// Mike A. Hall // "If I don't die by Thursday, //

About Coconut Telegraph Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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