South American
Brian WilsonVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo
Got a letter from a long lost cousin of mine
Who owns a little piece of heaven in the Argentine
It's a different planet, it's a different place
He calls it out of this world without traveling to space
It's not just a lesson in geography
No equation to unravel alge- brai - ically
It's written in the wind and on the tropical sea
From south of the equator it keeps callin'to me
South America well you know I would
South America if I only could
I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at
South America I'd go anywhere
South America somebody take me there
I wanna be, I wanna be going back
You only get to heaven if you chase your dreams
Let the paparazzi flash, let the tabloid scream
I've been around too long to care what anyone says
I'm hungry and I'm doing lunch with Cameron Diaz
South America she's got that tango look
South America she'll read you like a book
I wanna be, I wanna be going back
lots of classic BB harmonies and layering here - this is basic!)
It rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase
(gimmie that, gimmie that south america - sung over)
A simple translation translates and conveys
Gimme that, gimme that, South American girl
Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo
I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at
(Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo sung over)
South America I'm not on some trip
South America I just long for a ship
A sailing boat or anything that floats Going back
Ooo oo oo bop south american
Ooo oo oo bop south american
Ooo oo oo bop south american girl
South America well you know I would
South America if I only could
I wanna be, I wanna be going back
Can't help smiling when you sing this song!
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Readable chord sheet for South American by Brian Wilson
[C] [F]
Oh oh wa[C]yo ohw[F]ayo Oh oh w[C]ayo oh[F]wayo
[F] [G] [G]
Got a let[F]ter from a long lost co[C]usin of mine
Who owns a l[F]ittle piece of heaven in the A[C]rgentine
It's a d[F]ifferent planet, it's a dif[C]ferent place
He calls it o[G]ut of this world without trave[G]ling to space
It's n[F]ot just a lesson in geo[C]graphy
No equ[F]ation to unravel alge- b[C]rai - ically
It's wri[F]tten in the wind and on the t[C]ropical sea
From so[G]uth of the equator it keeps cal[G]lin'to me
South Am[C]erica well you k[F]now I would
South Am[C]erica if I on[F]ly could
[C] I wanna be, [F] I wanna be [G]where it's at
South Am[C]erica I'd go any[F]where
South Am[C]erica somebody t[F]ake me there
[C] I wanna be, [F] I wanna be [G]going back
You on[F]ly get to heaven if you ch[C]ase your dreams
Let the papa[F]razzi flash, let the tab[C]loid scream
I've be[F]en around too long to care what any[C]one says
I'm hun[G]gry and I'm doing lunch with Cam[G]eron Diaz
South Ame[C]rica she's got that ta[F]ngo look
South Ame[C]rica she'll read you l[F]ike a book
[C] I wanna be,[F] I wanna be [G]going back
lots of classic BB harmonies and layering here - this is basic!)
It ro[F]lls off my to[C]ngue like a ma[F]gical phr[C]ase
(gimmie that, gimmie that south america - sung over)
A si[F]mple tra[C]nslation tran[G]slates and conveys
[G]Gimme that, gimm[G]e that, South Ame[G]rican girl
Oh oh [C]wayo oh[F]wayo Oh oh [C]wayo oh[F]wayo
[C] I wanna be,[F] I wanna be [G]where it's at
(Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo sung over)
South Am[C]erica I'm not [F]on some trip
South Am[C]erica I just l[F]ong for a ship
[C] A sailing boat[F] or anything that floats [G]Going back
[C] Ooo oo oo b[F]op south american
[C] Ooo oo oo b[F]op south american
[C] Ooo oo oo b[F]op south american [G]girl
South Am[C]erica well you k[F]now I would
South Am[C]erica if I on[F]ly could
[C] I wanna be,[F] I wanna be [G]going back
Can't help smiling when you sing this song!