Jimmy Buffett — Jamaica Mistaka Chords

Check this out — apologies if any bits are wrong (but I've been told it was spot on!)


JIMMY BUFFETT: JAMAICA MISTACA
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Intro:— Bm, A, Bm X2
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	Bm, G, A  X2

	Bm, A, G, A X2

Verse:—
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	Bm 	    A 		   G 		    A

	Some folks say that I've got the perfect life


	Bm	     A	                G                 A
	Three swell kids, lots of toys and a lovely wife


	(Basically thats it for the verses, just listen to
	the rhythm for when to change chords)

Interlude1 — the steel drum bit (do a "Misirlou" type picking here for the 1st time round)
~~~~~~~~~~   (the Pulp Fiction theme for those who don't know the song!)

	This bit is repeated twice by the steel drums:

	e |———————————————————————————————|
	b |———3/7/3———3/5/2———2——0——2——3——| (the / means slide)
	g |———————————————————————————————|   3 slide to 7 etc


Verse 2 follows — which is basically the same then....


	      G	    A		D      A      Bm
	Come back, Come back,  Back to Jamaica

     G             A       D      A    Bm
	Don't you know we made a big mistaka

      G             A		D    A 	   Bm
	We'd be so sad, if you told us goodbye

		  G			F#m
	And we promise not to shoot you out of the sky

The interludey bit here is Bm, G, A X2 then Bm, A, G, A X2 which then goes back to the
verse structure. (Same as above) The slide bit follows then the chorus....

The fasty bit is next which is:—

Bm, A, G, F#m, F, D, F, F#m — try the tab here (the bass line) to get the basic rhythm of it:—

e |——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
b |——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
g |——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
d |——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
a |————————————————————10——10——10——9——9——9——8——8——8——8——5——8——9——|
e |——7——7——7——5——5——5————————————————————————————————————————————|

For the above bit — play the chords higher up on the fretboard.
Like the Bm on the 8th fret, the A on the 5th then the G on the 10th and F#m on the 9th etc etc..

I think the solos in B but I'll let ya know bout this later.

The end bit: Promise not to shoot you..... goes:

G, F#m, F, F#m, F, D, Bm — again, play this bit further down the fretboard.

AND THAT'S IT — I think.


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