Intro
[Cmaj7] [C6] [Cmaj7] [C6]
Verse
[Am] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Dm7]
The surf was easy on the day I came to stay
[G6] [Cmaj7]
On this quiet island in the bay
[G6] [A7+5] [Dm9]
I remember a line of women all in white
[E7] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [E7#9]
The laughter and the steel bands at night
Verse
[Am] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Dm7]
All the Americans are gone except for two
[G6] [Cmaj7]
The embassy's been hard to reach
[G6] [A7+5]
There's been talk and lately
[Dm9]
a bit of action after dark
[Em7] [A7] [Dm7] [Dm9] [C]
Be hind the big ca sino on the beach
Bridge
[Fmaj7] [Cmaj7]
The rules are changed
[Fmaj7] [Cmaj7]
It's not the same
[B7] [Em7] [A7+5]
It's all new players in a
[Dm7] [Cmaj7/G] [Fmaj7] [E7]
whole new ball game
Verse
[Am] [Cmaj7]
Last night I dreamed of
[Fmaj7] [Dm7]
an old lover dressed in gray
[G6] [Cmaj7]
I've had this fever now since yesterday
[G6] [A7+5] [A7]
Wake up darling they're knocking
[A9] [Dm] [Fm]
the Colonel's standing in the sun
[Em7] [A7] [Dm9] [G7] [C]
With his stupid face the glasses and the gun
Refrain
[F6] [Faug]
I know what happens
[Bb6] [Faug]
I read the book
[Dm9] [Db7#9] [C9]
I believe I just got the goodbye look
[A7] [A7+5] [Gm7] [Gdim]
( I believe I just got the good bye look )
[Dm9] [Db7#9] [C9]
I believe I just got the good bye—ye
[A7+5] [F6] [B7#5] [Bbmaj7]
(I believe I just got the goodbye look )
[A7] [Dm9] [Dm7]
Won't you pour me a Cuban breeze Gretchen
Bridge
[Fmaj9] [Cmaj7]
The rules are changed
[Fmaj9] [Cmaj7]
It's not the same
[B7] [Em7] [A7+5]
It's all new players in a
[Dm7] [Cmaj7/G] [Fmaj7] [E7]
whole new ball game
Verse
[Am] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Dm7]
I know a fellow with a motor launch for hire
[G6] [Cmaj7]
A skinny man with two-one shoes
[G6] [A7+5]
Cause tonight they're arranging a
[A7] [Dm7]
small reception just for me
[Em7] [A7] [Dm9] [G7] [C6]
Be hind the big casino by the sea
Outro
[F6] [Faug]
I know what happens
[Bb6] [Faug]
I read the book
[Dm9] [Db7#9] [C9]
I believe I just got the goodbye look
[A7] [A7+5] [Gm7] [Gdim]
( I believe I just got the good bye look )
[Dm9] [Db7#9] [C9]
I believe I just got the good bye—ye
[A7+5] [F6] [B7+5] [Bbmaj7]
(I believe I just got the goodbye look )
[Am]
