Migration Tab by Jimmy Buffett

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1
C 
C 
C 
C 
 (C major)  (C major)  (C major)  (C major) 
C 
C 
 (C major)     (C major) 
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C 
C 
 (C major)     (C major) 
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C 
C 
 (C major)     (C major)    Whoa,
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Verse 1
C 
 (C major) lookin' back at my background
G7 
Tryin' to figure  (G7) out how I ever got here
Some things are still a mystery to me
C 
C7 
While  (C major) others are much too clear  (C7) 
F 
I'm just  (F major) livin' in the sunshine
C 
Am 
Stay con (C major) tended most of the time  (A minor) 
D7 
Yeah  (D7) listenin' to Murphy, Walker, and Willis
G7 
Sing me their Texas rhymes  (G7) 

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Verse 2
C 
 (C major) Most of the people who retire in Florida
G7 
Are  (G7) wrinkled and they lean on a crutch
And mobile homes are smotherin' my Keys
C 
C7 
I  (C major) hate those bastards so  (C7) much
F 
I wish a  (F major) summer squall would blow them all
C 
Am 
The way  (C major) up to fantasy land  (A minor) 
D7 
Yeah they're  (D7) ugly and square
they don't belong here
F 
G 
C 
They looked a  (F major) lot better  (G major) as beer  (C major) cans

Chorus 1
Am 
Yeah, and that's  (A minor) why it's still a mystery to me
G 
Why  (G major) some people live like they do
Am 
 (A minor) So  many nice things happenin' out there
D7 
G7 
They  (D7) never even seen the  (G7) clues
F 
Whoa but  (F major) we're doin' fine
we can travel and rhyme
C 
Am 
I know  (C major) we been doin' our part  (A minor) 
F 
C 
Got a  (F major) Caribbean soul I can  (C major) barely control
G7 
And some  (G7) Texas hidden here in my
Am 
 (A minor)    heart
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C 
 (C major) 
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Verse 3
C 
Well now  (C major) I  might have joined
the Merchant Marine
G7 
If I  (G7) hadn't learned how to sing
And on top of all that I got married too early
C 
C7 
'Cost  (C major) me much more than a ring  (C7) 
F 
But now those  (F major) crazy days are over
C 
Just gotta learn  (C major) 
Am 
from the wrong things you  (A minor) done
D7 
I came off  (D7) the rebound, started lookin' around
F 
G7 
C 
Figured  (F major) out it's time to  (G7) have a little  (C major) fun

Chorus 2
Am 
Yeah, and that's  (A minor) why it's still a mystery to me
G 
Why  (G major) some people live like they do
Am 
 (A minor) So  many nice things happenin' out there
D7 
G7 
They  (D7) never even seen the  (G7) clues
F 
Whoa but  (F major) we're doin' fine
we can travel and rhyme
C 
Am 
I know  (C major) we been doin' our part  (A minor) 
F 
C 
Got a  (F major) Caribbean soul I can  (C major) barely control
And some
G7 
Am 
 (G7)    Texas                                 hidden here in my  (A minor)    heart
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Verse 4
C 
C 
 (C major)    Well now  (C major) if I ever live to be an old man
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G7 
I'm gonna  (G7) sail down to Martinique
I'm gonna buy me a sweat-stained Bogart suit
C 
C7 
And an  (C major) African parakeet  (C7) 
F 
And then I'll  (F major) sit him on my shoulder
C 
Am 
And open  (C major) up my trusty old mind  (A minor) 
D7 
I gonna  (D7) teach him how to cuss
teach him how to fuss
F 
G7 
C 
And pull the  (F major) cork out of a  (G7) bottle of wine  (C major) 

Chorus 3
Am 
Yeah, and  (A minor) that's why it's still a mystery to me
G 
Why  (G major) some people live like they do
Am 
 (A minor) So  many nice things happenin' out there
D7 
G7 
They  (D7) never even seen the  (G7) clues
F 
Yeah but  (F major) we're doin' fine
we can travel and rhyme
C 
Am 
I know  (C major) we been doin' our part  (A minor) 
F 
C 
Got a  (F major) Caribbean soul I can  (C major) barely control
And some
G7 
Am 
 (G7)    Texas                                 hidden here in my  (A minor)    heart
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F 
C 
Yeah, got a  (F major)    Caribbean                                 soul I can  (C major) barely control
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And some
G7 
F 
 (G7)    Texas hidden here in my                                  (F major)    heart
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C7 
 (G major)     (C7) 
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