Chords for Coconut Telegraph
Tempo:
78.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
She [A] stay on the [E] island, [B] not much going [E] on.
Her [A] parties are all [E] over, [B] they ended just [E] last dawn.
Her [A] jumbled rums are [E] beating, [B] with the tales from late [E] last night.
Her [A] story's very [E] heating, [B] for [E] everyone's delight.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] can't even happen [F#] under their hat.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] saying who did [E] this and that, this [B] and that, this [E] and that.
Now I'm not one [A] to deal in [E] gossip, [B] but was he that big [E] a fool to do a belly [A] buster,
[E] I died, [B] and missed the [E] entire pool, and what became [A] of sweet Melissa?
[E] [B] And therefore [E] nobody knew, get Ricardo [A] ever [E] find her, I swear [B] it's just between me [E] and you.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph by [B] now, everybody [E] knows.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] just do comes [A] and goes, comes [B] and goes, comes [E] and goes.
[A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E] [B]
[E] It's hump [A] day on the [E] island, [B] the lions are all [E] gone, all the [A] juicy news is [E] history.
[B] I guess [E] everything's been said, but when the [A] eagle flies on [E] Friday,
[B] and the bars break [E] out to rum, then the joint [A] begins to [E] jump in, [B] and you'll hear those lions hum.
[A] Put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [E] words or less.
I [A] want you to hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [A] words or less.
This [B] and that comes [E] and goes, this [B] and that comes [E] and goes.
Her [A] parties are all [E] over, [B] they ended just [E] last dawn.
Her [A] jumbled rums are [E] beating, [B] with the tales from late [E] last night.
Her [A] story's very [E] heating, [B] for [E] everyone's delight.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] can't even happen [F#] under their hat.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] saying who did [E] this and that, this [B] and that, this [E] and that.
Now I'm not one [A] to deal in [E] gossip, [B] but was he that big [E] a fool to do a belly [A] buster,
[E] I died, [B] and missed the [E] entire pool, and what became [A] of sweet Melissa?
[E] [B] And therefore [E] nobody knew, get Ricardo [A] ever [E] find her, I swear [B] it's just between me [E] and you.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph by [B] now, everybody [E] knows.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] just do comes [A] and goes, comes [B] and goes, comes [E] and goes.
[A] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E] [B]
[E] It's hump [A] day on the [E] island, [B] the lions are all [E] gone, all the [A] juicy news is [E] history.
[B] I guess [E] everything's been said, but when the [A] eagle flies on [E] Friday,
[B] and the bars break [E] out to rum, then the joint [A] begins to [E] jump in, [B] and you'll hear those lions hum.
[A] Put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [E] words or less.
I [A] want you to hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [A] words or less.
This [B] and that comes [E] and goes, this [B] and that comes [E] and goes.
Key:
E
B
A
F#
E
B
A
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ She [A] stay on the [E] island, [B] not much going [E] on.
Her [A] parties are all [E] over, [B] they ended just [E] last dawn.
Her [A] jumbled rums are [E] beating, [B] with the tales from late [E] last night.
Her [A] story's very [E] heating, [B] for [E] everyone's delight.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] can't even happen [F#] under their hat.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] saying who did [E] this and that, this [B] and that, this [E] and that.
_ Now I'm not one [A] to deal in [E] gossip, [B] but was he that big [E] a fool to do a belly [A] buster,
[E] I died, [B] and missed the [E] entire pool, and what became [A] of sweet Melissa?
[E] _ [B] And therefore [E] nobody knew, get Ricardo [A] ever [E] find her, I swear [B] it's just between me [E] and you.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph by [B] now, everybody [E] knows.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] just do comes [A] and goes, comes [B] and goes, comes [E] and goes.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ It's hump [A] day on the [E] island, [B] the lions are all [E] gone, all the [A] juicy news is [E] history.
[B] I guess [E] everything's been said, but when the [A] eagle flies on [E] Friday,
[B] and the bars break [E] out to rum, then the joint [A] begins to [E] jump in, [B] and you'll hear those lions hum.
[A] Put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [E] words or less.
I [A] want you to hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [A] words or less.
This [B] and that comes [E] and goes, this [B] and that comes [E] and goes. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ She [A] stay on the [E] island, [B] not much going [E] on.
Her [A] parties are all [E] over, [B] they ended just [E] last dawn.
Her [A] jumbled rums are [E] beating, [B] with the tales from late [E] last night.
Her [A] story's very [E] heating, [B] for [E] everyone's delight.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] can't even happen [F#] under their hat.
[A] You can hear them on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] saying who did [E] this and that, this [B] and that, this [E] and that.
_ Now I'm not one [A] to deal in [E] gossip, [B] but was he that big [E] a fool to do a belly [A] buster,
[E] I died, [B] and missed the [E] entire pool, and what became [A] of sweet Melissa?
[E] _ [B] And therefore [E] nobody knew, get Ricardo [A] ever [E] find her, I swear [B] it's just between me [E] and you.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph by [B] now, everybody [E] knows.
[A] You can hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] just do comes [A] and goes, comes [B] and goes, comes [E] and goes.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ It's hump [A] day on the [E] island, [B] the lions are all [E] gone, all the [A] juicy news is [E] history.
[B] I guess [E] everything's been said, but when the [A] eagle flies on [E] Friday,
[B] and the bars break [E] out to rum, then the joint [A] begins to [E] jump in, [B] and you'll hear those lions hum.
[A] Put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [E] words or less.
I [A] want you to hear it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] all the celebration [E] and the stress.
[A] Baby put it on the [E] coconut telegraph, [B] in twenty-five [A] words or less.
This [B] and that comes [E] and goes, this [B] and that comes [E] and goes. _ _ _ _