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Tampico Trauma

Jimmy Buffett
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 (run of) 5th 4th 3rd A (repeat)
  5th 4th 3rd A
 I must look a mess I must admit
  5th 4th 3rd A
 But I have been travelling quite a bit
   South of the Border
   Where the law and order
  Is kept  by Federales who just grin
  5th 4th 3rd A
  And tell you they just want to be your friend
 (repeat run)
 I left for Tampico last July
 I jumped off that boat I almost died
   There to greet us
   Were pretty senoritas
  I swore  that I would not go home then
 (repeat run)
 All those lovely ladies were my friends
 All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend
 (solo)
 (repeat run)
 That is all I really want to say
 I was thrown out of the country yesterday
  (See I was)  drinkin' double
   Causin' lots of trouble
  When the man  looked in the window of the bar and he grinned
  5th 4th 3rd A
  And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend"
 (repeat run)
 "I don't want to see you 'round here again"
 "If you come back next time we may not..." (Hidy ho' boys!)

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Readable chord sheet for Tampico Trauma by Jimmy Buffett

(run of)  5th  4th  3rd  A  (repeat)

  5th         4th    3rd    A
I must look a mess I must admit
   5th          4th        3rd     A
But I have been travelling quite a bit

   [D]  South of the Border
   [A]  Where the law and order
     Is [D]kept by Federales who just [E]grin
         5th                4th     3rd     A
     And tell you they just want to be your friend

(repeat run)
I left for Tampico last July
I jumped off that boat I almost died

   [D]  There to greet us
   [A]  Were pretty senoritas
     I [D]swore that I would not go home t[E]hen

(repeat run)
All those lovely ladies were my friends
All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend

(solo)

(repeat run)
That is all I really want to say
I was thrown out of the country yesterday

     (See I was)[D]  drinkin' double
   [A]  Causin' lots of trouble
     When the [D]man looked in the window of the bar and he [E]grinned
                   5th                  4th      3rd      A
     And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend"

(repeat run)
"I don't want to see you 'round here again"
"If you come back next time we may not..."  (Hidy ho' boys!)

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