Key: G major
Verse 1
B
F#
B
The wind is in from Africa,
E
B
You know it sure is hard to leave here,
Carrie,
E
B
And I miss my queen white linen
E
B
F#
Oh, carry it out your cape,
B
F#
and I'll put on my finest silver
E
B
Oh, don't mean no damn,
F#
B
F#
B
but I like you
F#
B
Let's go down to the Mermaid Cafe
E
B
And we'll laugh and toast to nothing
freaks and these soldiers
E
F#
Who keeps me in this college town
E
B
Oh, you're a mean old guy,
F#
B
but I like you
C#m
B
Oh, maybe I'll go to Amsterdam,
E
B
I'm gonna rent me a grand piano
about fairly wells now,
E
B
Oh, Cherry, get out your cape
B
F#
B
But I like you
Interlude 1
B
F#
B
F#
E
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
C#
F#
E
B
E
F#
B
F#
B
F#
E
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
The
Verse 2
E
B
F#
But it's really not my home
bling down in the street
E
F#
friend's cologne
E
B
Go to the Mermaid Cafe,
F#
B
have fun tonight
E
B
I say, oh, you're a mean old daddy
F#
B
But you're out of sight
E
B
I say, oh, you're a mean old daddy,
F#
B
but I like you
Outro 1
Fine
B
E
B
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ChordsB F# E C#m C#
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