Magaritaville     (video)    (midi)

 

    D - G - A - D

 

   D                                          - D

1.    Nibblin' on sponge cake,       watchin' the sun bake,

D                                                       A

    all of those tourists covered with oil,

A                                        - A

    strummin' my six string,       on my front porch swing,

A                                                                     D   - D7

    smell those shrimps, they're beginnin' to boil.

 

G                   A                           D          - D7

    Wastin' away again in Margaritaville,

G                            A                     D     - D7

    searchin' for my lost shaker of salt.

G                          A                             D  A         G

    Some people claim that there's a woman to blame,

             A   - A7                       D

but I know,        it's nobody's fault.

 

    D                                      - D

2.    Don't know the reason,        I stayed here all season,

D                                                              A

    nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo.

A                                    - A

    But it's a real beauty,        a Mexican cutie,

A                                               D     - D7

    how it got here I haven't a clue.

 

G                   A                           D          - D7

    Wastin' away again in Margaritaville,

G                            A                     D     - D7

    searchin' for my lost shaker of salt.

G                          A                             D  A         G

    Some people claim that there's a woman to blame,

            A    - A7                                  D

now I think,        hell, it could be my fault.

 

+  D - D - D - A    - G - A - D - A - G   - A - D

 

    D                                    - D

3.     I blew out my flip flop,       stepped on a pop top,

D                                                            A

    cut my heel, had to cruise on back home.

A                                                      - A

    But there's booze in the blender,        and soon it will render

A                                                                       D    - D7

    that frozen concoction that helps me hang on.

 

G                   A                           D          - D7

    Wastin' away again in Margaritaville,

G                            A                     D     - D7

    searchin' for my lost shaker of salt.

G                          A                             D  A         G

    Some people claim that there's a woman to blame,

             A   - A7                               D

but I know,        it's my own damn fault.

 

                    - G                          A                            D   A         G

+  Yes, and,       some people claim that there's a woman to blame,

                 A    - A7                                D

    and I know,         it's my own damn fault.

 

+  D - G - A - D

 

    (Jimmy Buffett)