Changes in latitudes album — Jimmy Buffett

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@ALBUM: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes @SONG: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes By: Jimmy Buffett

I took off for a weekend last month Just to try and recall the whole year All of the faces and all of the places Wonderin' where they all disappeared I didn't ponder the question too long I was hungry and went out for a bite Ran into a chum with a bottle of rum And we wound up drinkin' all night

Chorus

It's these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same With all of our running and all of our cunning if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane

Reading departure signs in some big airport Reminds me of the places I've been Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure Makes me want to go back again If it suddenly ended tomorrow I could somehow adjust to the fall Good times and riches and son of a bitches I've seen more than I can recall

Chorus

These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same Through all of the islands and all of the highlands If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane

(Repeat Intro chords)

I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine I wish I could jump on a plane So many nights I just dream of the ocean God I wish I was sailin' again Oh, yesterday's over my shoulder So I can't look back for too long There's just too much to see waiting in front of me And I know that I just can't go wrong

Chorus

With these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same With all of my running and all of my cunning If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane If we weren't all crazy we would go insane

Chord diagrams: Bm - |xxo432| F#m - |xx4222|

@SONG: Wonder Why We Ever Go Home Wonder Why We Ever Go Home By: Jimmy Buffett

Years grow shorter, not longer The more you've been on your own Feelin's for movin' grow stronger So you wonder why you ever go home Wonder why you ever go home

People are movin' so quickly Humor's in need of repair Same occupations and same obligations They've really go nothing to share Like drivin' around with no spare

River gets deeper not shallow The further you move down the stream Wonderin' if I can keep her As I race to catch up with my dreams How they shine and glitter and gleam

Years grow shorter, not longer The more you've been on your own Feelin's for movin' grow stronger So you wonder why you ever go home Wonder why you ever go home You wonder why you ever go home

Chord diagrams: C/G - |3x2o13| or |332o1o| C/D - |xxoo1o|

@SONG: Banana Republics @CHORDS: ([email protected]) and Kevin J. Shuholm Banana Republics By: Steve GoodmanJim RothermelSteve Burgh

Down to the Banana Republics, down to the tropical sun Go the expatriated Americans, hopin' to find some fun Some of them go for the sailing, caught by the lure of the sea Tryin' to find what is ailing, livin' in the land of the free Some of them are running from lovers, leaving no forward address Some of them are running tons of ganja Some are running from the I.R.S

Chorus

Late at night you will find them In the cheap hotels and bars Hustling the senioritas while they dance beneath the stars Spending those renegade pesos on a bottle of rum and a lime Singin' give me some words I can dance to Or a mel - ody that rhymes

First you learn the native customs Soon a word of spanish or two You know that you cannot trust them 'cause they know they can't trust you Expatriated Americans, feelin' so all alone Telling themselves the same lies That they told themselves back home

(solo) -play - G Am D G - Dm Am C G C G

Down to the Banana Republics Things aren't as warm as they seem None of the natives are buying any Second-hand American dreams

(repeat chorus)

Down to the Banana Republics Down to the tropical sun Go the expatriated Americans Hopin' to find some fun

(repeat chords and fade)

@SONG: Tampico Trauma @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall ([email protected]) Tampico Trauma By: Jimmy Buffett

** At the places notated "5th, 4th, 3rd" stand for an "A" chord ** fingering on that particular fret. Specifically, 5th - |xx555x| ** 4th - |xx444x| 3rd - |xx333x| A - |xx222x|

5th 4th 3rd A I must look a mess I must admit 5th 4th 3rd A But I have been travelling quite a bit

South of the Border Where the law and order Is kept by Federales who just grin 5th 4th 3rd A And tell you they just want to be your friend

(repeat run) I left for Tampico last July I jumped off that boat I almost died

There to greet us Were pretty senoritas I swore that I would not go home then

(repeat run) All those lovely ladies were my friends All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend

(solo)

(repeat run) That is all I really want to say I was thrown out of the country yesterday

(See I was) drinkin' double Causin' lots of trouble When the man looked in the window of the bar and he grinned 5th 4th 3rd A And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend"

(repeat run) "I don't want to see you 'round here again" "If you come back next time we may not..." (Hidy ho' boys!)

@SONG: Lovely Cruise @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall ([email protected]) Lovely Cruise By: Johnathan Baham

Drink it up, this one's for you It's been a lovely cruise I'm sorry it's ending, oh it's sad, but it's true Honey, it's been a lovely cruise

Chorus

These moments we're left with May you always remember These moments are shared by few There's wind in our hair and there's water in our shoes Honey, it's been a lovely cruise

Spoken: "So let's cruise darlin'"

(long solo) -play- C F D C G C C F D C G C C7

Chorus

Ohhh, these moments we're left with May you always remember These moments are shared by few And those harbor lights, lord, they're coming into view We'll bid our farewells much too soon

So drink it up, this one's for you Honey, it's been a lovely cruise Yeah baby, it's been a lovely cruise Oh darlin', it's been a lovely cruise

@SONG: Margaritaville @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall ([email protected]) Margaritaville By: Jimmy Buffett

Nibblin' on sponge cake

Watchin' the sun bake All of those tourists covered with oil

Strummin' my six-string

On my front porch swing Smell those shrimp, they're beginnin' to boil

Chorus

Wastin' away again in Margaritaville Searching for my lost shaker of salt Some people claim that there's a wo-man to blame But I know it's nobody's fault

I don't know the reason I stayed here all season Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo But it's a real beauty A Mexican cutie How it got here I haven't a clue

Chorus

Wastin' away again in Margaritaville Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt Some people claim that there's a woman to blame Now I think Hell, it could be my fault

Solo: (based on verse chords and chorus)

I blew out my flip-flop Stepped on a pop-top Cut my heel had to cruise on back home But there's booze in the blender And soon it will render That frozen concoction that helps me hang on

Chorus

Wastin' away again in Margaritaville Searching for my lost shaker of salt Some people claim that there's a woman to blame But I know It's my own damned fault

Coda: Yes and, some people claim that there's a wo-man to blame And I know it's my own damned fault

@SONG: In The Shelter @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall ([email protected]) In the Shelter By: Jimmy Buffett

In the shelter In the mornin' as the sun is brightly gleaming I heard her crying out, "What is it all about? I just don't know, but I can't go back home"

Lonely princess All the days out on your own are growing empty Nothing is going well If you could only tell them how you feel But they're too real to understand

Chorus

Too many trite expressions Ending in forced rejections long ago To many innocent faces In too many far out places somethings wrong Let me tell you that somethings wrong It's been that way so long, and it's a shame

On the street car To the city where she knows she may lose it all Riding for just a dime, takin' her own sweet time And knowing well that this could be her final fall

Past the boutique To the alley down the river, people pass her by She sits on a big gray rock, takes off her boots and socks Not knowin' what she will do next just starts to cry

Chorus

Too many wild rejections Endin' in angry questions from her dad Too many T.V. dinners Ah, everyone loves a winner, but she was lost No one knows the trials she had

(Repeat first verse, then) Hell, I just don't know, but I can't go back home (fade)

@SONG: Miss You So Badly @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall ([email protected]) Miss You So Badly By: Jimmy Buffett/Greg Taylor

I guess it all blew up in Missoula There just was no other way After months of goin' crazy, there was nothin' left to say But when the dust had finally settled And the air had quickly cleared Whoa, things were better off than I had feared

Chorus

(And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly Feelin' so sad now since I been gone, gone, gone It gets quite confusin', it seems that I'm loosin' Track of the long days since I been home

We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons I guess they meet there once a year They exchange physician's stories And get drunk on Tuborg beer And then they're off to catch a stripper With their eyes glued to her "G" But I don't think that I would ever let 'em cut on me

Chorus

(And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly I think I've been had though for stayin' so long, long, long And I'm, just watchin' the Gong Show, waitin' for Zorro Losin' the long days since I been home

(Solo)

I got a head full of feelin' higher And an ear full of Patsy Cline There is just no one who can touch her Hell, I'll hang on every line Oh, crazy how things happen, it's incredible but true The longer I'm gone the closer I feel to you

Chorus

(And I,) Miss you so badly, girl I love you madly I'm feelin' so glad just to be headin' home, home, home I've been, battlin' motel maids, and chewin' on Rolaids Countin' the hours till I get home Whoa I been, countin' the hours till I get home

@SONG: Biloxi @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall ([email protected]) Biloxi By: J. Winchester

Down around Biloxi Pretty girls are swimmin' in the sea They all look like sisters in the ocean Boy will fill his pale with salty water And the storms will blow from off towards New Orleans

The Sun shines on Biloxi The air is filled with vapors from the sea The boy will dig a pool beside the ocean He sees creatures from his dreams underwater And the Sun will set from off towards New Orleans

Stars can see Biloxi Stars can find their faces in the sea We are walking down beside the ocean We are splashing naked in the water And the sky is red from off towards New Orleans

@SONG: Landfall @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall ([email protected]) Landfall By: Jimmy Buffett

Now what would they do if I just sailed away Who the hell really compelled me to leave today Runnin' low on stories of what made it a ball What would they do if I made no landfall

I lived half my life in an eight by five room Just crusin' to the sound of the big diesel boom It's not close quarters that would make me snap It's just dealing with the daily unadulterated crap

Chorus: (see below for notes on "Run") "Run" E A G Sail away, for a month at a time "Run" E A G Sail away, I've got to restart my mind And you'll find me back at it a - gain

Now I love the smell of fresh snapper fried light What you say pouilly-fusse to round out the night The mid-morning watch is the best time to look Oh, what would they do if I wrote the big book

'Cause I've seen incredible things in my years Some days were laughter and others were tears If I had it all to do over again I'd just get myself drunk and I'd jump right back in

Chorus

Sail away, that's the way I survive Sail away, that's just no shuck and jive But it makes my whole life come alive

Solo: (based on verse and chorus chords)

The wind whistles through the cold riggin' at night Crazy crowds boogie to the sound and the lights Bums down in Capo's, he's just havin' a ball Oh, what would he do on another landfall What would they do if I made no landfall Oh, what would they do if I flew to Nepal What would I do if I met Lucile Ball I'm tryin' to make a little sense of it all Just tryin' to make a little sense of it all

(Repeat Intro chords twice and fade)

"Run" notes: this notates to play a "run" of the notes (G, Gb, E) as a lead-in to the E chord of the chorus. Here's a Tab example:

** also, on the "Gb" note (last line of chorus), I play just the note on the E (bass) string to lead-in to the G chord. As always, listen to the song to get it just right. MAH

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