Chords for False Echoes - Jimmy Buffett

[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ The skies [Ab] over _ _ _ [Eb] Cuba _ _ _ turned _ _ [Bb] pink with [Eb] the light _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the _ _ [Cm] waterfront _ _ _ ritual _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] began [Bb] to ignite _
All _ _ _ _ _ _ the ships [Ab] in the _ _ _
[Eb] harbor _ _ _ were _
_ [Bb] warmed [Eb] by the sun
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ 25th [Cm] of _ _ _ November _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
1921
_ [Ab] On _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ the old _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Chickamauga _ the _ _ _ [Bb] _ signal [Eb] jacks flew
_ _ [Ab] And _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ the [Ab] message [Cm] _
they spelled _ _ _ out _ _ _ _ caused a [F] great _
_ [Bb] Bollyhoo
_ _ Every _
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ ship in [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Havana _ _ then _ _ _ [Bb] _
hoisted _ [Eb] away
_ _ All _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ the [Ab] [Eb] pennants were [Cm] _ _ flying _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ On my dad's first _ [Eb] birthday
_ _ [Ab] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Enduring _ echoes [Eb] call out from his [Ab] past
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ Time [Eb] ain't [Bb] for saving, [Eb] no time's not for that
_ [Cm] _ [Fm] Chasing _ [Gm]
false echoes [Ab] like a lost _ [Bb] _
_ legionnaire
_ [Fm] _ He _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ waltzes [Cm] on memories while [Bb] he fades [Eb] like a flare _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
Now his _ _ [Ab] storybook _ _ _
[Eb] childhood _ _ _ was _
_ [Bb] not make _ [Eb]-believe _
_ [Fm] On _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
the decks of [Cm] a tall _ _ ship _ _ _ he was taught [Bb] to _ _ achieve _ _ _ _ _ _
Witness storms and [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] starvation
_ _ _ Natural _
_ [Bb] _ wonders [Eb] and force
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh the life of [Cm] a _ _
_ _ [Ab] sailor
_ [Bb] _ _
Stairs a _ [Eb] wandering _ course
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Enduring _ [Eb] echoes call out from his past
_ _ [Bb] _ Time ain't for saving, [Eb] no time's not for [Ab] that
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] Chasing [Gm] false echoes [Ab] like a lost _
_ [Bb] _ _ legionnaire
_ [Fm] He _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ waltzes [Cm] on memories [Bb] while he [Eb] _ [Bb] fades [Eb] like a flare
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Well now life throws [Ab] us _ _
_ [Eb] _ curveballs _ we _
_ [Bb] never _ [Eb] can reach
He _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ gave up [Cm] the _ _
[F] _ [Cm] ocean _ _ but _ [F] he lived by [Eb] [Bb] the _ beach
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Where he raised up [Ab] his _ _
_ [Eb] family
_ _ _ Taught [Bb] us all to _ [Eb] survive _
_ Then _ _ _ _ _ the wind went [Cm] _ away _ _ [Fm] in _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] 1995 _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
Now [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
the old _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] Chickamuga _ _ _ has _
_ [Bb] slipped by [Eb] the ways
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She lies [Cm] on the _ _ _ _ bottom _ _ _ _ of [Ab] Old _ [Gm] [Bb] Mobile _ Bay
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
Where the ghosts of [Ab] his _ _ [Eb] father _ _ and _ _ [Bb] his brother are [Eb] near _
They _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
protect [Ab] [Eb] him [Cm] and tell _ him [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
there's [Bbm] nothing _ [Eb] to fear _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Cause it's family [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] tradition _ _ _ we _ _
[Bb] take to [Eb] the sea _ _
And _ _ _ _ it's a [Ab] time [Eb] in [Cm] the _ _ future _ _ _ [Bb] for _ _ Cameron [Eb] and _ me
[Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ Enduring echoes _ [Eb] call out from his [Fm] past
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ Time ain't for saving, [Eb] no time's not for that
[Cm] _ _ _ Chasing [Gm] false echoes like [Ab] a lost _ [Bb] _ _
_ legionnaire
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ He _ [Ab] _
waltzes on memories while [Bb] he [Eb]
fades like a flare
[Ab] The _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ skies [Ab] over _ _ _ [Eb] Cuba _ _ were _ _ [Bb] _ warmed [Ebm] by the sun
_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ 25th of [Cm] _ _ _ _ November, _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ 1921
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _