Banana Republics – On the Rocks

NEW STUFF :: TONIGHT :: 25 RANDOM :: ARTIST :: CATEGORIZED :: 500 E-Z :: CHORDS QUICK :: CHORDS EXTENSIVE :: RC DASH
Banana Republic, Jimmy Buffet, 1977

[Intro]
 [G]        [G]        [Am]       [Am]      
 [D]        [D]        [G]        [C]/[G]  [G]       
 [G]        [G]        [Am]       [Am]      
 [D]        [G]  [C]   [G]  [D]   [G][G]([G])      
 
[Verse 1]
[G] Down to the Banana Republics, [Am] down to the tropical sun,
go the [D] expatriated Americans, [G] hopin' to find some fun.
[G] Some of them go for the sailing, [Am] called by the lure of the sea.
[D] Tryin' to find what is ailing, [G] livin' in the land of the free.
[G] Some of them are running from lovers, [Am] leaving no forward address.
[D] Some of them are running tons of ganja,
some are [G] running from the I.R.S.
 
{ CHORUS }
[Dm] Late at night you will find them,
in the [Am] cheap hotels and bars,
[C] Hustling the señor-[G]-itas [C] while they [G] dance [D] beneath the [G] stars.
[Dm] Spending those renegade pesos on a [Eb] bottle of rum and a [D] lime.
Singin' [C] give me some words I can [G] dance to,
[C] or a [G] melo-[D]-dy that [G] rhymes.
 
[G]
 
[Verse 2]
[G] First you learn the native customs, [Am] soon a word of Spanish or two.
[D] You know that you cannot trust them, 'cause [G] they know they can't trust you.
[G] Expatriated Americans, [Am] feelin' so all alone,
[D] telling themselves the same lies that they [G] told themselves back home.
 
[Instrumental]
[G]        [G]        [Am]       [Am]      
[D]        [D]        [G]        [G]       
[Dm]       [Dm]       [Am]       [Am]      
[C]        [G]  [C]   [G]  [D]   [G] ([G])      
 
[Verse 3]
[G] Down to the Banana Republics, [Am] things aren't as warm as they seem,
[D] none of the natives are buying any [G] second-hand American dreams.
 
{ CHORUS }

[Verse 4]
[G] Down to the Banana Republics, [Am] down to the tropical sun;
go the [D] expatriated Americans, [G] hopin' to find some fun.

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