South America, Take It Away chords by Bing Crosby, Various
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Verse 1
(C major) (D major) (B flatdim) (A major) (E major) Up (D major) here
(A minor) in
(A major) the land of the hot dog (E major) stand,
the Athem Bomb and the
Good Hu (A major) mor Man.
We think our South Amer
(D major) ican neighbors are grand,
we (E major) love them to beat the (C major) band. (A minor) (F major)
(A major) South (D major) America, bubble -oo, bubble -oo, i -e -a,
bubble -oo, one favor you can do, i -e -a, you can do.
You beau (C major) ti (D major) ful land (E major) (D major) s below
(D minor) don't (E major) know what you began (C major)
(A minor) To put it (B major) plainly, I'm tired of shakin'
to that (E major) Pan -American plan (F major) (C major)
Take (G major) back your (C major) samba, aye, your rumba,
aye, (G major) your (A minor) conga
Aye, aye, (C major) aye I (A minor) (C major) can
't keep movin',
aye, my chassis, (G major) aye, any longer (F major)
Aye, (B flat major) aye, (G major) aye
Now maybe Latins, (D minor)
aye, in their middles,
aye, (F major) are built stronger, aye, aye, (G major) aye,
but all is taken to the quaking,
and this baking with the shaking
leaves me (A minor) aching, (C major) oh, hey.
First you shake around a saddle,
(G major) (B flat major) there, (F major)
then you (C major) shake around a saddle, (F major) here,
then you (C major) shake around a saddle,
(B flat major) there.
That's enough. (C major) That's enough.
Take it (F major) back.
My spine's out of (A minor) whack.
There's (C major) a strange (A minor) click -clack
in (C major) the back of my sacroiliac. (D major) (Eaug)
(C major) Take (G major) back your con (C major) ga,
aye, your samba,
aye, your rumba, aye, aye, aye.
Why can't you send us, aye,
a less strenuous (G major) number, (F major)
aye, aye, (G major) aye.
I got more (D minor) bumps now, than (F major) on a,
cucumber, aye, aye, (G major) aye.
While all those Latin drums are cloppin'
Like a jumpin' jack
I'm hoppin' without stop (C major) pin'
Ole, (A minor) South Amer (D minor) ica, (G major) take it (C major) away
First you shake around and settle there
(F major) Where?
And then you (C major) shake around and settle here
(F major) Oh, there
And then you (C major) shake around and settle there
(F major) Wiping
That's (C major) enough,
that's enough, take it (F major) back
My spine's out of whack
(A minor) There's a strange click -clack (Eaug)
in the (E major) back of (C major) my sacroil (A minor) (D major) iac,
oh, my (G major) achin' back.
Take back your (D major) con (C major) ga, ay, your samba,
ay, (G major) your (C major) rumba, ay -yay -yay.
Bring back the old days,
ay, of dan (G major) cing,
ay, remember (D minor) , (F major) ay -yay (G major) -yay.
My hips are (D minor) crackin', ay, and shriekin',
ay, cara (F major) mba, ay -yay (G major) -yay.
I got a wriggle and a diddle
and a jiggle like a fiddle in my (C major) middle.
Olé! This fancy swishin' (G major) in position
wears out all of my transmission
ammunition. (C major)
Olé! Oh, I like neighborly (G major) relations,
all this crazy new gyra (C major) tions,
try my patience.
Olé! (C major) South Amer (F major) ica,
(G major) take it away!
Outro 1
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