Lone Palm

By: Jimmy Buffett
(capo 2)

Intro:  D A E A  D A E A
        D A E A  D A E A

   E                       A
My garden is filled with papayas and mangos
   E                    A
My life is a mixture of reggaes and tangos
D                        A                      E
Taste for the good life, I can live it no other way
      D                          A
While out on the beach there are two empty chairs
         D                        A
That say more than the people who ever sit there
     D                  A                     E
From under my lone palm I can look out on the day

Chorus:
             D  A    E           A
       Where no bird flies by my window
       D  A       E          A
       No ship is tied to my tree
       D                       A
       Love is a wave building to a crescendo
       E                               (Intro chords)
       Ride if you will, ride it with me

I know this girl made memories and phrases
Who lived her whole life in both chapters and phrases
Danced 'till the dawn, wished all her worries away
Well she wasn't crazy, no she wasn't mad
She just wanted the father that she never had
From under my lone palm I think about her today

Chorus

Bridge:
F#m                            A
We sailed from the port of indecision
F#m                               A
Young and wild with oh so much to learn
G              D           E                 F#m
Days turn into years as we tried to fool our fears
           D           E          A
But to the port of indecision I returned

My gardens are filled with papayas and mangos
My life is a mixture of jingles and jangles
Come Christmas winds and blow all my worries away

Chorus