Key: E major
Intro 1
E
F#m
B
F#m
B
E
G#m
C#sus4
C#
F#m
B
E
C#m
C#
Verse 1
B
G#m
B
C#
I went on a pleasure cruise
G
F#m
B
Sailing 'cross the ocean
E
B
E
it was beautiful
A
F#m
B
All at once something caught my eye
G#m
C#m
It was Lena passing by
Verse 2
Fdim
C#
F#m
As we looked at each other
B
G#m
C#
She smiled and I asked her name
F#m
B
As she spoke I could tell I would
E
B
never be quite the same
F#m
A
F#m
I said, "Will you come go with me
B
G#m
B
C#m
To a calypso jamboree
C#
F#m
And dance
Verse 3
the calypso (dan
E
C#
cing calypso)
F#m
E
Rock and roll a go- go?
C#
F#m
(And roll a go- go)
B
E
G#m
B
Lena, don't tеll me no"
E
cing calypso)
C#m
F#m
E
Rock and roll a go- go
C#
F#m
(and roll a go- go)
B
E
B
Lena, don't tell me no
Verse 4
E
G#m
B
G#m
C#
open sea
B
E
B
she meant to a guy like me
E
A
F#m
B
With such beauty and with such class,
G#m
C#m
boy, I knew that I must act fast
F#
F#m
I had to find a way to make
Verse 5
Fdim
C#
F#m
B
I could see she was anxious to go,
G#m
C#
but she hesitate
B
E
B
a stranger for a date
Bb
A
F#m
As the sun slowly slipped away
B
G#m
B
C#sus4
I was happy to hear her say
C#
F#m
She would dance
Verse 6
the calypso (dancing ca
E
C#m
lypso)
F#m
B
E
Rock and roll a go- go (rock
C#m
F#m
and roll a go- go)
B
F#m
E
B
Lena, I'm happy so
B
E
lypso (dancing calypso)
B
F#m
E
Rock and roll a go- go
F#m
B
E
Lena, I'm happy so
G#m
Verse 7
C#
B
G#m
C#sus4
C#
we're gonna have a ball
B
E
B
E
the prettiest girl of all
A
F#m
All the fellows will envy me,
B
G#m
C#m
they'll be pop pin' their eyes to see
F#m
E
When we dance together
We will want no other
C#m
C#
F#m
E
They will want to get her
Verse 8
Dancing the ca
E
lypso (dancing calypso)
F#m
E
C#
Rock and roll a go- go
B
E
Lena, I love you so
Verse 9
F#m
Rock and roll a go- go (and roll a go- go)
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