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Going Down To Cuba

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Alright, so this is my first transcription.  I'm fairly certain that all the chords are 
 From watching Jackson play this on The Colbert Report, he plays in drop D, but I think it
I've only listed chords for each part once, listen to the song for the proper changes 
rev 1 - messed up on some chords, should be F# instead of Fm
[verse]
GSometimes I get to feeling lDow
GWish I could just pick up and gDo
DSomewhere F#new cBmhange my point of Bm7view
EMaybe somewheAre I don’t kDnow
GToss the idea to and fDro
GNot sure what makes it come and Dgo
DThere it iF#s again sBmweet music on tBm7he wind
EOver the GAulf of MDexico
[chorus]
GI’m going to down to Cuba someday soon
Following that CDaribbean moon
AIt’s been too lAsus4ong since I’ve been tDhere
I’m going down Gthere to see my friends
Down where the rDhythm never ends
AWhere women wear Asus4gardenias in their hDair
[bridge]
F#People will tell you it’s not eaBmsy
F#You’re not supposed to go, they Bmsay
F#They say that Cuba is the eBmnemy
EI’m going down there anAyway
[chorus]
I’m going down to Cuba to see my friends
Down where the rhythm never ends
And no problem is too difficult to solve
Yeah times are tough down there it’s true
But you know they’re gonna make it through
They make such continuous use of the verb to resolve
[bridge]
They’ve got to deal with that embargo
Enough to drive any country insane
They might not know the things you and I know
They do know what to do in a hurricane
[verse]
Maybe I’ll go through Mexico
Old Jesse Helms don’t have to know
Anyway all the allies of the USA
Travel to Cuba everyday
[chorus]
I’m going down to Cuba to see my friends
Down where the rhythm never ends
Where by comparison my trouble will just unravel
I’m North American, you know
Don’t like to hear where I can’t go
Free people will insist on the freedom to travel
[bridge]
I’m gonna drink the running mojito
And walk out on the malecón
In one hand a monte cristo
And in the other an ice cream cone
[chorus]
I’m going down to cuba with my band
We’re going to formulate a plan
Whereby we obtain that cultural delusion
If I told you once I told you thrice
It’ll put a smile on your face to see a Chevrolet with a soviet transmission
[verse]
I bet the country cast a spell
And there are things I think of still
Like the beauty of that woman that spoke to me
In the hotel nacional
[verse]
I’m gonna book my flight today
I’m definitely on my way
Just hold my place and I’ll get back in the race
And I’m back in the USA

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Going Down To Cuba

by Jackson Browne

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Bm7

Asus4

Alright, so this is my first transcription. I'm fairly certain that all the chords are

From watching Jackson play this on The Colbert Report, he plays in drop D, but I think it

I've only listed chords for each part once, listen to the song for the proper changes

rev 1 - messed up on some chords, should be F# instead of Fm

[verse]

G D

Sometimes I get to feeling low

G D

Wish I could just pick up and go

D F# Bm Bm7

Somewhere new change my point of view

E A D

Maybe somewhere I don’t know

G D

Toss the idea to and fro

G D

Not sure what makes it come and go

D F# Bm Bm7

There it is again sweet music on the wind

E A D

Over the Gulf of Mexico

[chorus]

I’m going to down to Cuba someday soon

Following that Caribbean moon

A Asus4 D

It’s been too long since I’ve been there

I’m going down there to see my friends

Down where the rhythm never ends

A Asus4 D

Where women wear gardenias in their hair

[bridge]

F# Bm

People will tell you it’s not easy

F# Bm

You’re not supposed to go, they say

F# Bm

They say that Cuba is the enemy

E A

I’m going down there anyway

[chorus]

I’m going down to Cuba to see my friends

Down where the rhythm never ends

And no problem is too difficult to solve

Yeah times are tough down there it’s true

But you know they’re gonna make it through

They make such continuous use of the verb to resolve

[bridge]

They’ve got to deal with that embargo

Enough to drive any country insane

They might not know the things you and I know

They do know what to do in a hurricane

[verse]

Maybe I’ll go through Mexico

Old Jesse Helms don’t have to know

Anyway all the allies of the USA

Travel to Cuba everyday

[chorus]

I’m going down to Cuba to see my friends

Down where the rhythm never ends

Where by comparison my trouble will just unravel

I’m North American, you know

Don’t like to hear where I can’t go

Free people will insist on the freedom to travel

[bridge]

I’m gonna drink the running mojito

And walk out on the malecón

In one hand a monte cristo

And in the other an ice cream cone

[chorus]

I’m going down to cuba with my band

We’re going to formulate a plan

Whereby we obtain that cultural delusion

If I told you once I told you thrice

It’ll put a smile on your face to see a Chevrolet with a soviet transmission

[verse]

I bet the country cast a spell

And there are things I think of still

Like the beauty of that woman that spoke to me

In the hotel nacional

[verse]

I’m gonna book my flight today

I’m definitely on my way

Just hold my place and I’ll get back in the race

And I’m back in the USA

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