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Jimmy Buffett - Banana Republics (Tab)
Album: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (1977)
Submitter: Rondo Fondu (30) on 1/19/04
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Banana Republics  
By: Steve Goodman,Jim Rothermel,Steve Burgh 

Performed By Jimmy Buffett

(These tabs are dumbed down a bit but they sound okay) 

Intro and the verses 

G 

e------------------3------------------------------- 
B-------------0--------------0---------------------
G---------0--------------0----------------------0-- 
D--------------------0-----------------------0-----
A--------------------------------------0-2--------- 
E------3---------------------------3--------------- 

Am 
e----------------------------------------------------
B---0h1------------1-------------------------1-------
G----------------2----------2--------------2------2-- 
D------------2-----------------2--------2-----------2 
A---------0-------------0-----------0---------------- 
E---------------------------------------------------- 

D 
e---------------2-------------------3------2------------ 
B------------3---------3---------------------------3---- 
G--------2----------------2----------------------------2 
D-----0------------0-----------0-------0-------0--------
A------------------------------------------------------- 
E------------------------------------------------------- 

G            C                  G 
e------------------------------------------------------- 
B------------------0-------------1---------------0------ 
G---------------0-------------0--------------0---------- 
D------------0------------2---------------0------------- 
A----------------------3-------------------------------- 
E-------3-----------------------------3----------------- 


  
G                                       
Down to the Banana Republics
Am
Down to the tropical sun  
      D7                        
Go the expatriated Americans
G
Hopin' to find some fun  
 G                                 
Some of them go for the sailing
Am
Caught by the lure of the sea  
D7                               
Tryin' to find what is ailing
G
Livin' in the land of the free  
 G                                      
Some of them are running from lovers
Am
Leaving no forward address  
D7  
Some of them are running tons of ganja   
        G  
some are running from the I.R.S 


  
Chorus (see tab below)

     Dm  
     Late at night you will find them
           Am  
     In the cheap hotels and bars
      C                G         
     Hustling the senioritas 
     C         G        D         G       
     While they dance beneath the stars  
         Dm                              
     Spending those renegade pesos 
     Eb                  D 
     On a bottle of rum and a lime  
       C                              G  
     Singin' give me some words I can dance to
     C     G     D7      G 
     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) 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)   
  

Chorus Tab

"Late at night...." 
Dm 
e----------------1-------------------------------1-------- 
B-----------3-----------3-------------------3---------3--- 
G-------2-------------------2-----------2----------------2 
D---0----------------0---------------0--------------0----- 
A--------------------------------------------------------- 
E--------------------------------------------------------- 

Am 
e----------------0------------------------------0--------- 
B----------------------1-----------------------------1--- 
G----------2--------------2--------------2-------------2- 
D-------2--------------------2--------2------------------2 
A----0--------------0-------------0---------------0------- 
E--------------------------------------------------------- 

C                                      G         C 
e--------------------------------------------------------- 
B-------------------1-----------1------0---------1-------- 
G--------------0------------0----------0---------0-------- 
D---------2-------------2--------------------------------- 
A-----3-------------------------------------------3------- 
E---------------------------------------3----------------- 

   G            D 
e-------------2----------------------------------- 
B----0-------3---------0-------------------------- 
G----0-----------------0-------------------------- 
D------------0------------------------------------ 
A------------------------------------------------- 
E----3-----------------3-------------------------- 

Dm 
e----------------1-------------------------------1-------- 
B-----------3-----------3-------------------3---------3--- 
G-------2-------------------2-----------2----------------2 
D---0----------------0---------------0--------------0----- 
A--------------------------------------------------------- 
E---------------------------------------------------------


 on   a   bottle    of  rum and a lime..... 
Eb                                D 
e-----------3-------------2---------2-------2-------2 
B--------4-------------3---------3--------3-------3 
G------3-------------2--------2---------2-------2- 
D---0----------- -0--------------------------------- 
A---------------------------3----------2-------0---- 
E---------------------------------------------------- 

Then C G C G D G tab from above 
 
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