South Sea Song chords by The Charlie Daniels Band
Intro 1
D
Dm
C#m
Daug
C
Verse 1
B
Not too long
Bm
ago I decided I would go
A
Driftin' with the tide down
Am
D
where the trade winds blow.
G
A
I went sailin' in on a southwest wind
D
F#m
Bm
from some place I don't recall.
Dm
Glad to be on solid ground,
just as the sun was goin' down,
C#m
Daug
C
I stepped out to take a look around.
B
I had a Mai Tai in my hand and I was
Bm
A
lookin' at the moon;
Am
Listening to a band play some south
D
sea island tunes.
G
A
There was a warm breeze blowin' and the rum
D
Bm
was flowin' you could almost touch the stars.
Dm
All at once it came to me nowhere in my memory
C#m
Daug
C
that I had ever felt so fine and free.
B
Then she came from out of nowhere,
E
a brown- skinned girl with flowers in her hair.
B
She looked at me awhile and then
E
she smiled a special smile.
G
And it went right through me when she swayed up to
F#m
B
me. There was something she wanted to say.
Em
B
C
She said, "I can make your dreams come true. Come and let me welcome you to paradise."
B
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Interlude 1
Bm
A
Am
D
G
A
D
Bm
Dm
C#m
F#
D
C
B
Bm
A
Am
D
G
A
D
Bm
Dm
C#m
F#
D
C
Verse 2
B
(Instrumental) She
took me by the hand. I didn't
Bm
even know her name.
A
She led me through the sand down
Am
D
this little moonlit lane
G
A
And on out back was a small grass
D
Bm
shack and as we got to the door
G
A
With the palm trees thrashin' and the trade winds
D
Bm
crashin' the waves down on the shore.
G
Gm
She turned around and she pulled me
C
Gm
F#m
B
down and she said it just once more.
Em
She said, "I can make your dreams come true. Come
B
B
C
and let me welcome you to paradise... paradise."
B
South Sea Song
The Charlie Daniels Band
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