Calypso

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Calypso
Words and Music by John Denver, 1975
[Verse 1]
A A6
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
Amaj7 A Bm/A
To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm
A A6
To work in the service of life and living
Amaj7 A Bm/A
In search of the answers to the questions unknown
A A6
To be part of the movement and part of the growing
Amaj7 A Em7/A (open for two bars)
Part of beginning to understand
[Chorus]
D A
Aye Calypso the places you've been to
D A
The things that you've shown us
E A
The stories you tell
D A
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit
D A E7 A
The men who have served you so long and so well
[Post-Chorus]
E D A
Hi - dee - ay -- ee - ooo------
E D A
do - dle - oh --- do do do do do
E D A
do - dle - ay - ee ----------
E Dsus4 D A D/A A D/A
do-dle - ay - ee.
[Verse 2]
A A6
Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you
Amaj7 A Bm/A
To light up the darkness and show us the way
A A6
For though we are strangers in your silent world
Amaj7 A Bm/A
To live on the land we must learn from the sea
A A6
To be true as the tide and free as a wind swell
Amaj7 A Em7/A (open for two bars)
Joyful and loving in letting it be
[Chorus]
D A
Aye Calypso the places you've been to
D A
The things that you've shown us
E A
The stories you tell
D A
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit
D A E7 A
The men who have served you so long and so well
[Post-Chorus]
E D A
Hi - dee - ay -- ee - ooo------
E D A
do - dle - oh --- do do do do do
E D A
do - dle - ay - ee ----------
E Dsus4 D A D/A A D/A
do-dle - ay - ee.
[Chorus]
D A
Aye Calypso the places you've been to
D A
The things that you've shown us
E A
The stories you tell
D A
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit
D A E7 A
The men who have served you so long and so well
[Outro]
E D C#m Bm A E
Hi - dee - ay -- ee - hi-dee oh
Dsus4 D A
oooo/oooo/ oooo/oooo/oooo/ooooooooooooooooooo
(repeat yodel once)

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Calypso   
Words and Music by John Denver, 1975
[Verse 1]
Amaj7      A              Em7/A (open for two bars)
Part of beginning to understand
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Amaj7       A                  Em7/A (open for two bars)
Joyful and loving in letting it be
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
(repeat yodel once)

Calypso Chords by John Denver

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