Jimmy Buffett – Migration chords
Chords:
Migration By: Jimmy Buffett 1974CLookin' back at my backgroundG7Tryin' to figure out how I ever got hereSome things are still a mystery to meC C7While others are much too clearFI'm just livin' in the sunshineC AmStay contented most of the timeD7Yeah, listenin' to Murphy, Walker, and WillisG G7Sing me their Texas rhymesNow most of the people who retire in Florida Are wrinkled and they lean on a crutch And mobile homes are smotherin' my keys I hate those bastards so much I wish a summer squall would blow them All the way up to fantasy landAm D7 Yeah, they're ugly and square, they don't belong hereF G7 C They looked a lot better as beer cansChorus:Am Yeah and that's why it's still a mystery to meG Why some people live like they doAm So many nice things happenin' out thereD7 G They never even seen the cluesF Oh, but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhymeC Am I know we been doin' our partF C Got a Caribbean soul I can barely controlG7 Am C And some Texas hidden here in my heartWell, now I might have joined the Merchant Marine If I hadn't learned how to sing And on top of all that I got married too early 'Cost me much more than a ring But now those crazy days are over Just gotta learn from the wrong things you've done I came off the rebound, started lookin' around Figured out it's time to have a little fun (repeat chorus) Well, now if I ever live to be an old man I'm gonna sail down to Martinique I'm gonna buy me a sweat-stained Bogart suit And an African parakeet And then I'll sit him on my shoulder And open up my trusty old mind I gonna teach him how to cuss, teach him how to fuss And pull the cork out of a bottle of wine (repeat chorus, then)F CYeah, got a Caribbean soul I can barely controlG7 F G C C7And some Texas hidden here in my heart