Barefoot childrenJimmy Buffett

"Barefoot Children" — the island innocence.

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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 14:49:39 -0400
Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Song: "Barefoot Children"
Album: Barometer Soup
This is what I believe are the chords for Jimmy Buffett's "Barefoot
Children".
G:320003 D:000323 Am:002210 F:133211 C:030210
 D                                  C                 Am
                      C
Scratch my back with a lightnin' bolt, thunder rolls like a bass drum note
 C                                       D                       G
The sound of the weather is Heaven's ragtime band
       D                             C               Am
                           C
We all fell down from the Milky Way, hangin' round here till Judgement Day
 F                 C                     D
Heaven only knows who's in command
 G           D                  Am    C         G         D
Barefoot children in the rain. Got no need to explain
 G           D                 Am                  C             G
                   C                            G
We'd be swingin' on a ball and chain. It's always understood by those who
Plays the game
 C           D                  G
Barefoot children in the rain
 D                                C                      Am
                                   C
Show me yours and I'll show you mine, take me back to days full of monkey
Shines
 C                                      D                             G
Bouncin' on a bubble full of trouble in the summer sun
 D                                C             Am
                            C
Keep your raft from the river boat, fiction over fact always has my vote
 F                         C                                   D
And wrinkles only go where the smiles have been
 G           D                  Am    C         G         D
Barefoot children in the rain. Got no need to explain
 G           D                 Am                  C              G
                   C                          G
We'd be swingin' on a ball and chain. It's always understood by those who
Play the game
 C           D                   G
Barefoot children in the rain
 C                 G                C                Am
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la laa
 C           D                   G
Barefoot children in the rain
 D                                 C               Am                       C
Scratch my back with a ligtnin' bolt, thunder rolls like a bass drum note
 C                                       D                       G
The sound of the weather is Heaven's ragtime band
 D                                     C                             Am
                                   C
The sky turns blue and the sun appears, but the question's still what are we
Doin' here?
 F                      C                       D
I don't think the answer's close at hand
 G           D                  Am    C         G         D
Barefoot children in the rain. Got no need to explain
 G           D                             Am      C              G
                  C                           G
We'd be swingin' on a ball and chain. It's always understood by those who
Play the game
 C           D                   G
Barefoot children in the rain.
In the rain. In the rain.
This is what I came up with. I hope it's accurate. Any corrections are
Welcome!
Bill Schofield (and Caroline)

Знаете ли вы, что...

  • From Barometer Soup (1995). The barefoot children as the purest form of the tropical life Buffett celebrated — feet in the sand, no shoes required. The children's freedom as the adult's impossible goal.