Jimmy Buffet: Fruitcakes Chords

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_ _ _ _ You know, I was talking to my [G] friend Desdemona the other day.
She runs the Space Station bake shop down near Boomtown.
She told me that human beings are [Dm] flawed individuals.
_ _ The cosmic _ bakers took us out of the [D] oven a little [G] too early.
And that's the reason we're as crazy as we are.
And I believe it.
Think for example, when you go to the movies these days, you know, they try to sell you
this jumbo drink, eight extra ounces of watered down cherry coke for an extra 25 cents.
I don't want it.
I don't want that much organization in my life.
I don't want other people thinking for me.
I want my Junior Mints.
Where did Junior Mints go in the movies?
I don't want a 12 pound Nestle scrunch for $25. _
I _ _ _ want Junior Mints.
_ We need more fruitcakes in this world.
_ Less bakers. _
We need people that care. _ _
That [C] is hell.
[D] I [G] _
don't want to take [C] it [D] anymore.
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_ _ _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] on the street.
Fruitcakes on the street.
[C] Strutting [Dm] naked through [G] the crosswalk [C] in the [G] middle of the week.
I've got to eat.
[D] Cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C]-baked [D] apple [G] on the bottom.
_ _ [C] _ [D] There's a bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
_ _ [D] Paradise.
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Lockdown.
[C] _ [D] Paradise.
Take a look around.
[C] I was out [D] in _ [G] California where I [D] hear they have it all.
_ [C] They got [D] rice, [G] fries, and mudslides.
[C] They got [D] sushi [G] in the mall.
_ _ [C] Water [D] _ [G] bars. _
Rontasaur.
[C] Shiny [D] _ [G] modern lunch.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Shaking big [G] lines with the Quake.
[C] The secrets [D] in [G] the crust.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the street.
Fruitcakes on the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the crosswalk in [C] the [D] middle [G] of the week.
Half [C]-baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C]-baked [D] apple on [G] the bottom.
_ _ [C] There's a [D] bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
_ [C] _ [D] Speaking of fruitcakes, how [G] about the government?
[C] Your tax [D] dollars at [G] work. _
_ [C] We lost [D] our [G] Martian rocket ship.
[C] The high [D]-paid spokesman [G]
said,
Looks like [D] that silly [G] rocket ship has lost [D] its phone [G]-shaped head.
_ [C] We spent [D] 90 trillion dollars.
Time to get [D] a look [G] at Mars.
I [C] hear [D] the verse [G] of laughter ringing out [D] among [G] the stars.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] in the galaxy.
[C] _ [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the earth.
_ _ [C] Strutting [D] naked [G] towards eternity.
_ [C] We've been [D] that way [G] since birth.
Half [C]-baked [D] cookies in [G] the oven.
Half [C]-baked [D] apple [G] on the bottom.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] There's a bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in every [E] one of us.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Religion.
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Religion.
_ [C] _ [E] Oh, there's a thin [G] line between Saturday [C] night and Sunday [D] morning.
_ Here we go [C] now.
_ [D] _ [G] All right, all cause.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
_ [E] Where's the church?
Who took the [C] steeple?
Religion's in the hands [G] of some crazy-ass people.
Television preachers with [Em] bad hair and dimples.
[C] The goddardest truth [G] is it's not that simple.
[C] It's the Buddhist in [D] you, [G] the pagan in me.
[C] It's the [E] Muslim in him, [G] she's Catholic, ain't she?
[C] It's that Barnegan [D] look.
It's the Wasp in the Jew.
[C] Tell me what's [G] going on, I ain't got a clue.
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_ [C] Now here [G] comes the big one. _
_ [C] Relationships.
[D] We all [G] got them.
We all [C] want them.
[D] What do we [G] do with it?
Here we [C] go, I'll tell [D] you.
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She [C] said, you've [D] got to do [G] your fair share.
Now top [D] up half [G] the rent.
_ [C] I [D] treat my body like [G] a temple.
[C] You treat [D] yours [G] like tent.
_ [C] But the right [D] word, [G] at the right time.
_ [C] Hey, [D] give me a [G] little hug.
_ [C] That's the [D] difference [G] between lightning and [C] a [D] harmless [G] lightning bug.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcake _ [G] _ _
delicatessen.
[C] We take [D] _ [G] on the street and [C] strut [D] naked.
[G] Through the crosswalk in [C] the [G] middle of the week.
At [C] the [D] C [G]-Bam-M. _
Half [C] the people [D] _ [G] on the bus.
_ _ [C] _ [D] There's a little [G] bit of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] Future.
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Captain's [C] log, stardate [D] 2000 [G] and something.
_ [C] We're seven [G] years from the millennium.
_ [C] That's a [D] science fiction [G] fact.
_ _ [C] Stanley [D] Kubrick [G] and his buddy Hal.
[C] Now don't [D] look that [G] abstract.
_ [C] So I put on [G] my Bob [G]
Marley tape [C] and practice [D] [G] what I preach.
_ _ [C] Get [D] your lost [G] in the reggae mon [C] as I [D] walk [G] along the beach.
_ _ [C] Since this [D] is my [G] inside, the key [C] really [D] is the [G] only way.
_ [C] It's the [D] jungle out there, kiddies.
Have a very fruitful [G] _
[A] day.
Hey!
[C] _ [D] We take in [G] the kitchen.
_ _ [C] We [D] take [G] on the street and [C] strut [D] naked.
Through [G] the [D] crosswalk in [C] the [D] middle [G] of the week.
Half [C] the C [D]-Bam [G]-M.
Half _ [C] the people [D] _ [G] on the bus.
_ _ [C] _ [D] There's a little bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
That's right.
[C] _ [G] You too. _
Yeah, those [C] crumbs are spread all [D] around this [G] universe. _
I [C] see fruitcakes.
[D] I saw this [G] guy in Santa Monica.
Rolling [C] skatejacking through the [G] crosswalk.
Down in New Orleans, in the [C] Prince Market, there are [G] fruitcakes like you cannot believe.
[C] _ New York, forget it.
Fruitcake city.
[C] _ _ [G] Down on it, we got fruitcakes.
[C] _ _ [G] Spread them crumbs around.
That's [C] right.
We want [G] them around. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Keep making them, baby.
Keep making [C] them.
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