*** If you're into techniques à la Nile Rodgers, this exhaustive version is
nevertheless quite easy to play. ***
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Intro
[C#m] [B]
Como puede ser verdad
Verse 1
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
[A] [C#m] [E] [B]
Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
A young girl with eyes like the desert
[A] [C#m] [E] [B]
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Chorus
[C#m] [B]
Tropical the island breeze
[F#m] [E]
All of nature wild and free
[B] [F#m]
This is where I long to be
[F#m] [B] [C#m]
La isla bonita
[C#m] [B]
And when the samba played
[F#m] [E]
The sun would set so high
[B] [F#m]
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
[F#m] [B] [C#m]
Your Spanish lullaby
Verse 2
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
I fell in love with San Pedro
[A] [C#m] [E] [B]
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
Te dijo te amo
[A] [C#m] [E] [B]
I prayed that the days would last, they went so fast
Chorus
[C#m] [B]
Tropical the island breeze
[F#m] [E]
All of nature wild and free
[B] [F#m]
This is where I long to be
[F#m] [B] [C#m]
La isla bonita
[C#m] [B]
And when the samba played
[F#m] [E]
The sun would set so high
[B] [F#m]
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
[F#m] [B] [C#m]
Your Spanish lullaby
Bridge
[F#m] [D] [E] [F#m]
I want to be where the sun warms the sky
[F#m] [D] [E]
When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by
[F#m] [D] [E] [F#m]
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
[F#m] [D] [E] [G#7] [C#m]
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy ... loves a girl
Solo
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
(girl...)
[A] [C#m] [E] [B]
Verse 3
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
[A] [C#m] [E] [B]
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Chorus
[C#m] [B]
Tropical the island breeze
[F#m] [E]
All of nature wild and free
[B] [F#m]
This is where I long to be
[F#m] [B] [C#m]
La isla bonita
[C#m] [B]
And when the samba played
[F#m] [E]
The sun would set so high
[B] [F#m]
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
[F#m] [B] [C#m]
Your Spanish lullaby
[repeat 2x - fadeout]
*** The chords at "long to be", "la isla" and "spanish lullaby" in the
chorusses could also be an [A] or [F#m7]. It is a matter of taste. ***
