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[Intro]
G D A G D
DI took off for a wGeekend last month
Just to Atry and recall the whole Dyear
All of the faces and Gall of the places
WAonderin' where they all disaDppeared
BmI didn't ponder the F#mquestion too long
I was Ghungry and went out for a Abite
Ran Ginto a chum with a Dbottle of rum
and we Awound up drinkin' all Dnight
[Chorus]
It's these Gchanges in latitudes, Dchanges in attitudes
NAothing remains quite the Dsame
With Gall of our running and Dall of our cunning
if Awe couldn't laugh we would Gall go inDsane
Reading departure signs in some big airport
Reminds me of the places I've been
Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure
Makes me want to go back again
If it suddenly ended tomorrow
I could somehow adjust to the fall
Good times and riches and son of a bitches
I've seen more than I can recall
[Chorus]
These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane
(Repeat Intro chords)
I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine
I wish I could jump on a plane
So many nights I just dream of the ocean
God I wish I was sailin' again
Oh, yesterday's over my shoulder
So I can't look back for too long
There's just too much to see waiting in front of me
And I know that I just can't go wrong
[Chorus]
With these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
With all of my running and all of my cunning
If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane
If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane
If Awe weren't all crazy we Fwould Cgo inGsaneD  A  D  
[Chord diagrams]
Bm- |xxo432| F#m- |xx4222|
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SONG: Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
[Intro]
G C/G G
GYears grow shorC/Dter, not longeGrC/D  
The Gmore you've Cbeen on your GownC/D  
GFeelin's for C/Dmovin' grow stronGgerC/D  
So you Fwonder why you Cever go Ghome
FWonder why you Cever go GhomeC/G  G  
People are movin' so quickly
Humor's in need of repair
Same occupations and same obligations
They've really go nothing to share
Like drivin' around with no spare
River gets deeper not shallow
The further you move down the stream
Wonderin' if I can keep her
As I race to catch up with my dreams
How they shine and glitter and gleam
Years grow shorter, not longer
The more you've been on your own
Feelin's for movin' grow stronger
So you wonder why you ever go home
Wonder why you ever go home
You wonder why you ever go home
Chord diagrams
C/G- |3x2o13| or |332o1o|
C/D- |xxoo1o|
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SONG: Banana Republics
DGown to the Banana Republics, Amdown to the tropical sun
Go the D7expatriated Americans, Ghopin' to find some fun
SGome of them go for the sailing, Amcaught by the lure of the sea
D7Tryin' to find what is ailing, Glivin' in the land of the free
SGome of them are running from lovers, Amleaving no forward address
D7Some of them are running tons of ganja
some are Grunning from the I.R.S
[Chorus]
DmLate at night you will find them
In the Amcheap hotels and bars
HCustling the senioGritas Cwhile they Gdance beDneath the Gstars
SpenDmding those renegade pesos on a Ebbottle of rum and a Dlime
SiCngin' give me some words I can Gdance to
COr a mGel - oD7dy that Grhymes
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) -play - 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)
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SONG: Tampico Trauma
**At the places notated "5th, 4th, 3rd" stand for an "A" chord
**fingering on that particular fret. Specifically, 5th - |xx555x|
**4th - |xx444x| 3rd - |xx333x| A- |xx222x|
[Intro] (run of) 5th 4th 3rd A(repeat)
5th 4th 3rd A  
I must look a mess I must admit
5th 4th 3rd A  
But I have been travelling quite a bit
DSouth of the Border
AWhere the law and order
Is Dkept by Federales who just Egrin
5th 4th 3rd A  
And tell you they just want to be your friend
(repeat run)
I left for Tampico last July
I jumped off that boat I almost died
DThere to greet us
AWere pretty senoritas
I Dswore that I would not go home tEhen
(repeat run)
All those lovely ladies were my friends
All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend
(solo)
(repeat run)
That is all I really want to say
I was thrown out of the country yesterday
(See I was) Ddrinkin' double
ACausin' lots of trouble
When the Dman looked in the window of the bar and he Egrinned
5th 4th 3rd A  
And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend"
(repeat run)
"I don't want to see you 'round here again"
"If you come back next time we may not..." (Hidy ho' boys!)
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SONG: Lovely Cruise
CDrink it up, Fthis one's for Dyou
CIt's been a Glovely Ccruise
CI'm sorry it's ending, oh it's Fsad, but it's Dtrue
Honey, Cit's been a Glovely CcruiseC7  
[Chorus]
FThese moments we're Cleft with
FMay you always reCmember
FThese moments are Cshared by Gfew
CThere's wind in our hair and there's Fwater in our Dshoes
Honey, Cit's been a Glovely Ccruise
Spoken: "So let's cruise darlin'"
(long solo) -play- C   F   D   C   G   C   C   F   D   C   G   C  C7  
[Chorus]
Ohhh, Fthese moments we're Cleft with
FMay you always reCmember
FThese moments are Cshared by Gfew
CAnd those harbor lights, lord, they're Fcoming into Dview
CWe'll bid our farewells much too Gsoon
CSo drink it up, Fthis one's for Dyou
Honey, Cit's been a Glovely Ccruise
Yeah baby, Cit's been a Glovely Ccruise
Oh darlin', Cit's been a Glovely cFruiseC  
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SONG: Margaritaville
DNibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with Aoil
Strummin' my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp, they're beginnin' to DboilD7  
[Chorus]
GWastin' Aaway again in MargaDritavilleD7  
GSearching for my Alost shaker of DsaltD7  
GSome people Aclaim that there's a Dwo-Aman to Gblame
But I Aknow Git's nobody's fDault
I don't know the reason
I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty
A Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue
[Chorus]
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
Now I think
Hell, it could be my fault
[Solo]
(based on verse chords and chorus)
I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
[Chorus]
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know
It's my own damned fault
[Coda]
Yes and, Gsome people Aclaim that there's a Dwo-Aman to Gblame
And I Aknow Git's my own damned Dfault
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SONG: In The Shelter
[Intro]
A E A E
EIn the shelter
In the mornin' as the sun is brightly gleaAming
F#mI heard her crying out, "What is it all about?
I Ejust don't know, but AI can't go back Ehome"
ELonely princess
All the days out on your own are growing empAty
F#mNothing is going well
If you could only tell them Ehow you feel
But tAhey're too real to Eunderstand
[Chorus]
AToo many trite expressions
Ending in forced rejections Elong ago
ATo many innocent faces
In too many far out places Esomethings wrong
Let me tell you that Bsomethings wrong
It's been that Away so long, and it's a Eshame
On the street car
To the city where she knows she may lose it all
Riding for just a dime, takin' her own sweet time
And knowing well that this could be her final fall
Past the boutique
To the alley down the river, people pass her by
She sits on a big gray rock, takes off her boots and socks
Not knowin' what she will do next just starts to cry
[Chorus]
AToo many wild rejections
Endin' in angry questions Efrom her dad
AToo many T.V. dinners
Ah, everyone loves a winner, but Eshe was lost
ANo one knows the tErials she had
(Repeat first verse, then)
EHell, I just don't know, but AI can't go back Ehome A   E   A   E(fade)
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SONG: Miss You So Badly
CI guess it Fall blew up in Missoula
There just Cwas no G7other Cway
After Fmonths of goin' crazy, there was Cnothin' G7left to Csay
But when the Amdust had finally settled
And the D7air had quickly cleared
FWhoa, things were better G7off than I had feCaredC7  
[Chorus]
(And I,) FMiss you so badly, Cgirl I love you madly
GFeelin' so sad now since I been Cgone, gone, gC7one
FIt gets quite confusin', Cit seems that I'm loosin'
GTrack of the long days since I been Chome
We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons
I guess they meet there once a year
They exchange physician's stories
And get drunk on Tuborg beer
And then they're off to catch a stripper
With their eyes glued to her "G"
But I don't think that I would ever let 'em cut on me
[Chorus]
(And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly
I think I've been had though for stayin' so long, long, long
And I'm, just watchin' the Gong Show, waitin' for Zorro
Losin' the long days since I been home
(Solo)
I got a head full of feelin' higher
And an ear full of Patsy Cline
There is just no one who can touch her
Hell, I'll hang on every line
Oh, crazy how things happen, it's incredible but true
The longer I'm gone the closer I feel to you
[Chorus]
(And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly
I'm feelin' so glad just to be headin' home, home, home
I've been, battlin' motel maids, and chewin' on Rolaids
Countin' the hours till I get home
Whoa I been, countin' the hours till I get home
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SONG: Biloxi
DAown around Biloxi
Pretty girls are swimmin' in the Dsea
They all look like sisters in the Aocean
BDoy will fill his pale with salty Awater
And the Gstorms will blow from Doff towards New AOrleans
TAhe Sun shines on Biloxi
The air is filled with vapors from the Dsea
The boy will dig a pool beside the Aocean
He sees Dcreatures from his dreams Aunderwater
And the GSun will set from Doff towards New AOrleans
(solo) G   D  A  
G D A
Stars can see Biloxi
Stars can find their faces in the sea
We are walking down beside the ocean
We are splashing naked in the water
And the sky is red from off towards New Orleans
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SONG: Landfall
[Intro]
G A C G G A C G
G A C G G A C G
Now Gwhat would they Ado if I Cjust sailed aGway
GWho the hell Areally compelled me Cto leave toGday
GRunnin' low on Astories of what Cmade it a Gball
GWhat would they Ado if I Cmade no landGfall
I lived half my life in an eight by five room
Just crusin' to the sound of the big diesel boom
It's not close quarters that would make me snap
It's just dealing with the daily unadulterated crap
[Chorus]
(see below for notes on "Run")
"Run" E   A  G  
Sail away, for a month at a time
"Run" E   A  G  
Sail away, I've got to restart my mind
And you'll Afind me back at it Gba - Ggain
Now I love the smell of fresh snapper fried light
What you say pouilly-fusse to round out the night
The mid-morning watch is the best time to look
Oh, what would they do if I wrote the big book
'Cause I've seen incredible things in my years
Some days were laughter and others were tears
If I had it all to do over again
I'd just get myself drunk and I'd jump right back in
[Chorus]
Sail away, that's the way I survive
Sail away, that's just no shuck and jive
But it makes my whole life come alive
[Solo]
(based on verse and chorus chords)
The wind whistles through the cold riggin' at night
Crazy crowds boogie to the sound and the lights
Bums down in Capo's, he's just havin' a ball
Oh, what would he do on another landfall
What would they do if I made no landfall
Oh, what would they do if I flew to Nepal
What would I do if I met Lucile Ball
I'm tryin' to make a little sense of it all
Just tryin' to make a little sense of it all
(Repeat Intro chords twice and fade)
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"Run" notes: this notates to play a "run" of the notes (G, Gb, E)
as a lead-in to the E chord of the chorus. Here's a Tab example:
e|-------------------|
b|-------------------|
g|--------------1----|
d|--------------2----|
a|--------------2----|
E|--3--2--0----------|
G   Gb   E   E(chord)
** also, on the "Gb" note (last line of chorus), I play just the
note on the E (bass) string to lead-in to the G chord. As
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This song embodies the spirit of Jimmy Buffett's "island escapism," a lifestyle he often portrayed through his music. It's about enjoying life and embracing the freedom to follow one's passions, a theme central to his tropical sound, which blends country, rock, folk, and calypso. The song itself, appearing on the 1977 album of the same name, is one of Buffett's "Big 8" hits, capturing the essence of his relaxed, sun-drenched musical world. Playing it feels like a journey to a place where worries fade with the tide.

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