South America, Take It Away

South America, Take It Away easy guitar chords by Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters

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  • Verse 1
    Up 
    here 
    in 
    the 
    land 

    of 
    the 
    hot- 
    dog 
    stand 

    The 
    atom 
    bomb 
    and 
    the 
    Good 
    Humor 
    Man 

    We 
    think 
    our 
    South 
    American 

    neighbors 
    are 
    grand 

    We 
    love 
    'em 
    to 
    beat 
    the 
    band 

    South 
    Verse 2
    America, 
    baba- 
    loo, 

    ay- 
    yi- 
    yi, 
    baba- 
    loo 

    One 
    favor 
    you 
    can 
    do, 

    ay- 
    yi- 
    yi, 
    you 
    can 
    do 

    You 
    beautiful 
    lands 
    below 

    Don't 
    know 
    what 
    you 
    began 

    To 
    put 
    it 
    plainly, 
    I'm 
    tired 
    of 
    shakin' 

    To 
    that 
    Pan- 
    American 
    plan 


    Verse 3
    Take 
    back 
    your 
    Samba, 
    ay!, 
    your 
    Rumba, ay!, 

    your 
    Conga, ay- 
    yi- 
    yi! 

    can't 
    keep 
    movin', 
    ay!, 
    my 
    chassis, 

    ay!, 
    any 
    longer
    ay- 
    yi- yi! 

    Now 
    maybe 
    Latin
    s, 
    ay!, 
    in 
    their 
    middles, 

    ay!, 
    are 
    built 
    stronger, 
    ay- 
    yi- 
    yi! 

    But 
    all 
    this 
    takin' 
    to 
    the quakin' 
    and 
    this 
    makin' 

    with 
    the shakin' 
    leaves 
    me 
    achin', 
    olé! 

    Verse 4
    First 
    shake 
    around 
    and 

    settle 
    there 

    Then 
    you 
    shake 
    around 
    and 
    settle 
    here 

    Then 
    you shake 
    around 

    and 
    settle 
    there 

    That's 
    enough, 
    that's 
    enough 

    Take 
    it 
    back, 

    my 
    spine's outta- 
    whack 

    There's 
    a strange 
    click- 
    clack 

    In 
    the 
    back 
    of 
    my 

    Sacroiliac 

    Verse 5
    Take 
    back 
    your 
    Conga, ay!, 
    your 
    Samba, 

    ay!, 
    your 
    Rumba, ay- yi- 
    yi! 

    Why 
    can't 
    you send 
    us, 
    ay!, 
    less 
    strenu- , ay!, 

    - ous 
    number
    ay- 
    yi- 
    yi! 

    got 
    more 
    bumps 
    now, 
    ay!, 
    than 
    on 
    a, 

    ay!, 
    cucum
    ber, 
    ay- 
    yi- 
    yi! 

    While 
    all 
    those 
    Latin 
    drums 
    are 
    cloppin', like 
    a Jumpin' 

    Jack 
    I'm 
    hoppin' 
    without 
    stop
    pin', 
    olé! 

    South 
    Amer
    ica, 

    take 
    it 
    away 

    Verse 6
    First 
    you shake 
    around 
    and 
    settle 

    there 
    (where?) 

    Then you shake 
    around 
    and 
    settle 

    here 
    (oh, there) 

    And then 
    you 
    shake 
    around 
    and 
    settle 

    there 
    (why Bing!) 

    That's enough, 
    that's 
    enough 

    Take 
    it 
    back, 

    my 
    spine's outta- 
    whack 

    There's 
    strange 
    click- 
    clack 

    In 
    the 
    back 
    of 
    my 
    Sacroiliac 

    Oh, my 
    achin' 
    back 

    Take 
    back 
    your 
    Verse 7
    Conga, ay!, 
    your 
    Samba, 

    ay!, 
    your 
    Rumba, ay- 
    yi- 
    yi! 

    Bring 
    back 
    the 
    old 
    days, 
    ay!, 

    of 
    dancing 
    remember, 
    ay- 
    yi- yi! 

    My 
    hips 
    are 
    cracking, 

    am 
    shrieking 
    "Ay- 
    Carumba!", ay- 
    yi- 
    yi! 

    got 
    a wriggle 
    and 
    diddle 
    and 
    a jiggle 

    like 
    a fiddle 
    in 
    my 
    middle, 
    olé! 

    This 
    fancy 
    swishin' 
    imposition 
    wears 
    out 
    all 

    of 
    my 
    transmission 
    ammuni
    tion, 
    olé! 

    Though 
    like 
    neighborly 
    relations 
    all 
    these 
    crazy 
    new 

    gyra
    tions 
    try 
    my 
    pa
    tience, 
    olé! 

    South 
    America, 

    take 
    it 
    away 

    Outro 1

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