Banana Republics- Jimmy Buffett (Vinyl Restoration) Chords

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[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[G] Down to the banana republic
[E] down to the [Am] tropical Sun
[D] though the
expatriated
Americans
Obama [G] fun _
Summer's low for the sailing
[Am] all by the low of the sea _
[D] Trying to find what is ailing
[G] [C] Living in the [G] land of the free _
[D] Some of them are [G] running from lovers
[Am] Leaving no forward address _
[D] Some of them are running tons of ganja
[G] Some are [C] running from the [G] IRS _
[Dm] Late at night you will find them [Am] in the cheap hotels
In the bar _
[C] Hustling the [G] senior
While they [D] dance beneath [G] the star _
[Dm] Spending those renegade pesos
[Eb] on a bottle of
Ramen _ _
[Bm] _ [C] singing give me some words [G] I can dance [C] to
for [G] a melody that [G] rhymes
_ _ _ _ First you learn the native custom
[A] Soon word of Spanish or to you [D] know that you cannot trust them
[G] They know they can't trust you _ _
Expatriated
[Am] Feeling so all along
_ [D] Telling themselves the same lies that [G] they told themselves back home _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ [G] _ Down to the banana republic things [E] aren't as [Am] warm as they seem
[D] None of the natives are buying
Any second-hand [G] American dream?
_ [Dm] Late at night you will find them [Am] in the cheap hotels and bar
[Bm] _ [C] hustling the
seniorita while they dance [G] beneath the star
_ [Dm] Spending those renegade pesos
[Eb] on a bottle of Ramen
_ [C] _ [A] [C] Singing give me some words I can dance to
[G] for a melody that rhymes
_ Down to the banana republic
[Am] Down to the tropical [A] sun
[D] Though the expatriated American
[G] Hoping to find some peace To find _ _ _
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