Banana Republics chords by Jimmy Buffett
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
(A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 1
(G major) Down to the banana republics,
(A minor) down to the tropical sun
Go the (D major) expatriated Americans
(G major) hopin' to find (D major) some fun (G major)
Some of them go for the sailing,
(A minor) called by the lure of the sea
(D major) Tryin' to find what is ailing (G major) living
in the land (D major) of the free (G major)
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Verse 2
Some (G major) of them are (D major) running
from lov (G major) ers
(A minor) Leaving no forward address
Some (D major) of them are running tons of ganja
Some are (G major) running from the (D major) (G major) (D minor) IRS
Verse 3
Late at night, you will find (D minor) them in
the (A minor) cheap hotels and bars
(C major) Hustling the (G major) señor (C major) itas while they
(G major) dance (D major) beneath the stars (G major)
Spending (D minor) those renegade pesos on a (E flat major) bottle
of rum and a lime (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
Singin', "Give (C major) me some words I can (G major) dance
to or (C major) a melody (G major) (D major) that (G major) rhymes"
(D major)
Verse 4
(G major) First you learn the native customs,
soon (A minor) a word of Spanish or two
(D major) You know that you cannot trust them 'cause
(G major) they know they can't trust you (D major)
(G major) Expatriated Americans
(A minor) feelin' so all alone
(D major) Telling themselves the same lies that they (G major) told themselves
(D major) back home
Interlude 1
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D minor) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 5
(G major) Down to the ba (D major) nana (G major) republics,
(A minor) things aren't as warm as they seem
(D major) None of the natives are buying any second-hand (G major)
American Amer (D major) ican dream (G major) s
Verse 6
(D minor) Late at night, you will find them in
the cheap (A minor) hotels and bars
(C major) Hustling the (G major) señor (C major) itas while they
(G major) dance (D major) beneath the stars (G major)
Spend (D minor) ing those renegade pesos on
a (E flat major) bottle of rum and a lime (D major) (C major) (B minor)
(D major) Singin', "Give (C major) me some words I can (G major) dance
to or (C major) a melody (G major) (D major) that (G major) rhymes"
Verse 7
(G major) Down to the banana republics,
(A minor) down to the tropical sun
Go the (D major) expatriated Americans (G major) hopin' to find (D major)
Outro 1
some fun
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
(G major) (G major) (A minor) (D major)
Banana Republics
Jimmy Buffett
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