Amazon chords by Phil Carter

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Dm 
Now I went to the Amazon
D 
Gm 
Dm 
not very long ago
D 
Dm 
Walkin' through the tall trees,
A 
goin' kinda slow
Dm 
D 
Dm 
I saw a native standin' there,
Gm 
D 
it scared me half to death
Dm 
A 
He  wore paint, a big headdress,
hair just as bright as sand
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G 
D 
A 
G 
D 
A 
D 
Dm 
I didn't stand around long,
Gm 
D 
I broke into a run
Dm 
D 
Dm 
I was shakin' so bad,
A 
Did I even drop my gun

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Verse 2

Over a hill and down a trail

to a village I did fly in

Verse 3

Run into the chief, fell at his feet

Verse 4

There's just a boy, he said

Said, a

Verse 5

-boom, a -ka -zoom,

a -ka -heep, a -ba -gum

Verse 6

Will I be soon to be gone

Verse 7

Buddy, I had some shaky knees,

I got white as a sheet

Verse 8

Cause each and every word of his

seemed final and complete

Interlude 1

Verse 9
Dm 
Out of that village I did go,
Gm 
Dm 
out of  terrible rage
I was mighty scared of
D 
A 
what would be my fate
Dm 
I finally came into a town
Gm 
D 
with people standing round
A 
So I asked a man if he knew
what it meant
Dm 
A 
Here's just what he said
Bm 
A 
D 
Well, I'm moving up to Sumatra,
keep my harbor gone
G 
Gm 
G 
D 
I'll be a son of a  gun
A 
Well, but if you want to
know what it means,
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D 
I'll tell it to you
A 
Cause all them fellas said to you,