GCC of the "alt.fan.jimmy-buffett" Internet Usenet newsgroup. Send all comments and questions to Mike A. Hall . (please see -Disclaimer- statement at end of document --) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ALBUM: COCONUT TELEGRAPH By Jimmy Buffett, 1980 @SONG: Coconut Telegraph @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall and Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) Coconut Telegraph By: Jimmy Buffett 1980 Intro: E E7 E A E It's Tuesday on the is-land B E Not much going on A E The parties are all o-ver B E They ended just past dawn E A E The jungle drums are beat-ing B E With the tales from late last night A E Cause stories bear repea-ting B E For everyone's delight Chorus: E A E You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph B E Can't keep nothin' under their hat A E You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph B E Sayin' who did dis and dat A E B E Dis and dat, dis and dat E A E Now I'm not one for dealing gossip B E But was he that big a fool? A E To do a belly buster high dive B E And miss the entire pool? E A E And what became of sweet Melissa? B And the boy nobody knew A E Did Ricardo ever find her? B E I swear it's just between me and you Chorus: A E But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph B E By now everybody knows A E You can hear it on the coconut telegraph B E Just who comes and goes A E B E Comes and goes, comes and goes A E B B7 A E B B7 La la la la la la la la la la la la la la A E La la la la (la la la la la) A E B E La la la la (la la la la la) yah E A E It's hump day on the island B E The lines have all gone dead A E All the juicy news is history B E I guess everything's been said E A E But when the eagle flies on Friday B E And the boys break out the rum A E Then the joint begins to jumpin' B E And you'll hear those hotlines hum Chorus: A E Put it on the coconut telegraph B E All the celebration and the stress A E Baby put it on the coconut telegraph B E In twenty-five words or less A E I want to hear it on the coconut telegraph B E All the celebration and the stress A E Baby put it on the coconut telegraph B E In twenty-five words or less A E B E Dis and dat, comes and goes A E B E A E B E Dis and dat, comes and goes ------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Incommunicado @CHORDS: Sam Booker and Kevin J. Shuholm Incommunicado By: Jimmy Buffett, Deborah McColl, M.L. Benoit 1980 CHORD DIAGRAMS: A7sus4 F#m Em7 E|---|---|---|--- E|---|-X-|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- B|---|-X-|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- G|---|---|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- G|---|---|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|---|---|-X- D|---|-X-|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|-X- A|---|-X-|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|-X-|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- INTRO: D G D Bm A A7sus4 D D G D Bm A A7sus4 D D Bm Travis McGee's still in Cedar Key G Em7 A7 That's what old John MacDonald said D Bm My rendezvous's so long overdue G Em7 A7 All of the things I've sung and I've read F#m Bm F#m G They still apply to me, they all make sense in time Chorus: D G D But now I'm incommunicado Bm A Em7 A7 Drivin' by myself down the road with a hole in it D G D Songs with no vibrato Bm A D Bm A D Takin' the long way home D Bm Now on the day that John Wayne died G Em7 A7 I found myself on the continental divide D Bm Tell me where do I go from here? G Em7 A Think I'll ride in Leadville and have a few beers F#m Bm Think of "Red River" or "Liberty Valance" F#m G Can't believe the old man's gone Chorus: D G D But now he's incommunicado Bm A Em7 A7 Leavin' such a hole in a world that believed D G D That a life with such bravado Bm A D Was takin' the right way home Instrumental: D G D Bm A D D G D Bm A D D A Bm So when I finished that last line G Em7 A7 I put the book by itself on the shelf with my heart in it D Bm G A7 D Never wastin' time; takin' the right way home Bm G A7 D I know I'm never wastin' time, findin' the right way home Chorus: D G D Still I am incommunicado Bm A Em7 A7 Livin' next door to a leg with a pin in it D G D Life with such bravado Bm A D Takin' the right way home Ending: D 1.Tryin' to make it 2.Tryin' to make it 3.I know I'm tryin' to make it 4.All I'm doing is tryin' to make it Bm 1.Tryin' to fake it 2.Tryin' to fake it 3.Sometimes I fake it 4.Tryin' to fake it G Em7 A 1.Tryin' to take it home 2.Tryin' to take it home 3.Tryin' to take it home G 4.Tryin' to take it home D G D Bm A A7sus4 D But now I'm incommunicado ----------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: It's My Job @CHORDS: Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) It's My Job By: Mac McAnally 1970 CHORD DIAGRAMS: "@" signifys a flat chord A-@-maj7 4th E|---|---|---|--- B|-X-|---|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- E|-X-|---|---|--- "@" signifys a flat chord Intro: F C B-@ Gm7 F B-@ C F C B-@ Gm7 F B-@ C F Gm F A-@-maj7 In the middle of late last night I was sittin' on a curb B-@ F E-@ I didn't know what about, but I was feelin' quite disturbed GM F A-@-maj7 A street sweeper came whistlin' by, he was bouncin' every step C7 Dm G7 Gm7 It seemed strange how good he felt, so I asked him while he swept Chorus: C7 F C B-@ Gm7 He said, "It's my job to be cleaning up this mess F B-@ C And that's enough reason to go for me F C B-@ Gm7 It's my job to be better than the rest F B-@ C7 F And that makes the day for me." Gm F A-@-maj7 I got an uncle who owns a bank, he's a self-made millionaire B-@ F B-@ He never had anyone to love, never had no one to care Gm7 F A-@-maj7 C7 He always seemed kinda sad to me and I asked him why that was Dm G7 Gm7 And he told me it's because in my contract there's this clause Chorus: C7 F C B-@ Gm7 That says, "It's my job to be worried half to death F B-@ C And that's the thing people respect in me F C B-@ Gm7 It's my job but without it I'd be less F B-@ C7 F Than what I expect from me." Instrumental: F B-@ F B-@ F B-@ Gm7 C7 F Gm F A-@-maj7 Now I've been lazy most all my life writin' songs and sleepin' late B-@ F E-@ And any manual labor I've done was purely by mistake Gm7 F A-@-maj7 C7 If street sweepers can smile then I've got no right to feel upset Dm G7 But sometimes I still forget Gm7 'Til the lights go on and the stage is set F B-@ C And the song hits home and you feel that sweat Chorus: F C B-@ Gm7 It's my job to be different than the rest F B-@ C7 And that's enough reason to go for me F C B-@ Gm7 It's my job to be better than the best F B-@ C7 F And that's a rough break for me Ending:D G D C Am7 It's my job to be cleaning up this mess G C D And that's enough reason to go for me G D C Am7 It's my job to be better than the rest G C D7 G And that makes the day for me G C G C G C Am7 D7 G ------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Growing Older But Not Up @CHORDS: Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) Growing Older But Not Up By: Jimmy Buffett 1980 CHORD DIAGRAMS: G#m7 G#m F#m 4th 4th E|-X-|---|---|--- E|-X-|---|---|--- E|---|-X-|---|--- B|-X-|---|---|--- B|-X-|---|---|--- B|---|-X-|---|--- G|-X-|---|---|--- G|-X-|---|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- D|-X-|---|---|--- D|---|---|-X-|--- D|---|---|---|-X- A|---|---|-X-|--- A|---|---|-X-|--- A|---|---|---|-X- E|-X-|---|---|--- E|-X-|---|---|--- E|---|-X-|---|--- Intro: G#m7 A B E E I rounded first never thought of the worst B As I studied the shortstop's position B7 Crack went my leg like the shell of an egg E Someone call a decent physician A G#m7 A I'm no Pete Rose, I can't pretend E B7 E Though my mind is quite flexible, these brittle bones don't bend Chorus: E I'm growing older but not up B7 My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck G#m7 A Let those winds of time blow over my head B B7 E B7 I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead E Sometimes I see me as an old manatee B Headin' south as the waters grow colder B7 Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near E It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder A G#m7 A But that's how it goes (that's how it goes), right to the end E B7 E Though his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend (Repeat Chorus) (instrumental) E Now don't get me wrong This is not a sad song B Just events that I have happened to witness B7 And time takes its toll as we head for the poll E And no one dies from physical fitness A G#m7 A So what the hell, we'll take it right to the end E B7 E As the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins (Repeat Chorus) (Ending) G#m7 A Let those winds of time blow over my head B A G#m F#m E B7 E I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead ---------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: The Good Fight @CHORDS: Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) The Good Fight By: Jimmy Buffett, J.D. Souther 1980 CHORD DIAGRAMS: Esus4 Bm7 E|---|---|---|--- E|---|-X-|---|--- B|---|---|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|---|---|-X- A|---|-X-|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- Intro: A D Esus4 E A A D Esus4 E A A D They talk about their women too much Esus4 E A The women got 'em so confused D They don't talk about their lives as such Esus4 E A My life is all I got to lose D You take it with a grain of salt Esus4 E A And laugh at the complexities D They're good at pickin' all the faults Esus4 E A I keep laughin' so they don't pick me Chorus: D A E Jesus if I had to quit tonight D A E I'd never know if I was wrong or right D A But that's just what you get E Bm7 A E You got to go the distance A D If you want to fight a good fight E7 A A Good fight D Keep it up and keep a good fight E7 A A Good Fight A D The telephone begins to ring Esus4 E A That could only be one call D I might as well be on the moon Esus4 E A Standin' in the shower stall D Can't believe she picked it up Esus4 E A She didn't know the rules somehow D Then I hear her say hello (hello) Esus4 E A Panic in the grey room now Chorus: D A E Jesus if I had to quit tonight D A E She'd never know if I was wrong or right D A But that's just what you get E Bm7 A E You got to go the distance A D If you want to fight a good fight E7 A A Good fight D Keep it up and keep a good fight E7 A A Good Fight Instrumental: A D You never know until you try Esus4 E A It's hard to see the side you're on D Some people say I'm halfway here Esus4 E A Some people say I'm halfway gone Chorus: E B F# Jesus if I had to quit tonight E B F# I'd never know if I was wrong or right E B But that's just what you get F# C#m7 B F# You got to go the distance B E If you want to fight a good fight F#7 B A Good fight E Keep it up and keep a good fight F#7 B A Good Fight Ending: (repeat and fade) E All I want is just a good fight F#7 B Good fight E Yes it's got to be a good fight F#7 B Good fight --------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) and Sam Booker The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful By: Jimmy Buffett CHORD DIAGRAMS: Dsus4 E|---|---|-X-|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- Intro: G C D G C D G C D G C G D C G He worked hard all year, just wanted a few weeks alone D C G But his old lady's into modeling, she can't get away from the phone C D G Besides she bitches about the mosquitoes C D G She says, "Down there there is nothing to do" C D G Her Goddamn phone never stops ringing C D G He'll try the service in a day maybe two G D C G Well he's on his third drink before the wheels of the plane leave the ground D C G Making points with the stewardess high over Long Island Sound C D G She's also spending some time on the Island C D G Too much city madness gives her the blues C D G They make a date to go dancing and dining C D G It seems neither has that much to lose Chorus: G C G The weather is here I wish you were beautiful G F D My thoughts aren't too clear but don't run away G C G My girlfriend's a bore my job is too dutiful C G F Dsus4 D (Tacet) Hell nobody's perfect would you like to play? G C D G C I feel together today G D C G Well now that's just the start of a well-deserved over due binge D C G Meanwhile back in the city certain people are starting to cringe C D G His lawyers are calling his parents C D G His girlfriend doesn't know what to think C D G His partners are studying their options C D G He's just singing and ordering drinks Chorus: G C G The weather is here I wish you were beautiful F D The skies are too clear life's so easy today G C G The beer is too cold, the daiquiri's too fruitiful C G F Dsus4 D No place like home when you're this far away G G C D G C I don't care what they say Instrumental: G D C G He's going back to New York pack it up and let everyone know D C G It was something that he should have done such a long time ago C D G Still time to start a new life in the palm trees C D G Ah, Billy Clyde wasn't insane C D G And if it doesn't work out there'll never be any doubt C D G That the pleasure was worth all the pain Chorus: G C G The weather is here I wish you were beautiful F D The skies are too clear life's so easy today G C G The beer is too cold, the daiquiri's too fruitiful C G F Dsus4 D No place like home when you're this far away G C Time for to play D G C I need time for to play D G C Time for to play D G C I need time for to play (3 more times & fade) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Stars Fell On Alabama @CHORDS: Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) Stars Fell On a Alabama By: Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins 1934 Note:(This was a 1934 song and if you have ever seen this type of music you will understand those guys used some weird chords. It really sounds better on a piano. The "o" found in the chords is for the degree symbol) CHORD DIAGRAMS: Fo7 C#o7 G7+5 3rd 3rd 3rd E|---|-X-|---|--- E|-X-|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- B|-X-|---|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- B|---|-X-|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- G|-X-|---|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- D|-X-|---|---|--- D|---|---|---|--- D|-X-|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|---|-X-|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|-X-|---|---|--- A13 G13 G6 E|---|-X-|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- B|---|-X-|---|--- B|---|---|---|--- B|---|---|---|--- G|---|---|---|--- G|---|---|---|--- G|---|---|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|---|-X-|--- D|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|-X-|--- E|---|---|-X-|--- C+/G# 4th Cmaj9 Fmaj7 E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- B|---|-X-|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- B|-X-|---|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- G|---|---|---|-X- G|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|---|-X-|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|-X-|--- A|---|---|---|--- E|-X-|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|-X-|---|---|--- Dm7 Fo7 C C#o7 Moonlight and magnolias, starlight in your hair Dm7 G7 C C#07 All the world a dream come true Dm7 Fo7 C/G Am7 Did it really happen, was I really there D7 G (bass walk-down) Was I really there with you C C#o7 D7 G7+5 C Cmaj7 We lived our little drama, we kissed in a field of white C#o7 Dm7 G6 G7+5 Em7 A13 Dm7 G13 G7+5 And stars fell on Alabama that night C C#o7 D7 G7+5 C Cmaj7 I can't forget the glamour, your eyes held a tender light C#o7 Dm7 G6 G7+5 C F C And stars fell on Alabama last night Chorus: Fmaj7 G Cmaj7 C#o7 Dm7 G C I never planned in my imagination, a situation so heavenly Fmaj7 G Am A fairyland that no one else could enter C+/G# B7 E7 G And in the center, just you and me, dear C C#o7 D7 G7+5 C Cmaj7 My heart beat like a hammer, my arms wound around you tight C#o7 Dm7 G6 G7+5 C And stars fell on Alabama last night --Spoken: "Alright, let's take it on down from Mussell Shoals through Decatur" "Mmmm, Birmingham, ooh Montgomery" "Right up over Spanish Fort into Mobile, my hometown" "Mister T..." (harmonica solo) (Repeat chorus) --Spoken: "One more time boys..." C C#o7 D7 Yes, we lived our little drama G7+5 C Cmaj7 We kissed on the dunes so white C#o7 Dm7 G13 And stars fell on Alabama Cmaj9 Last night ------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Island @CHORDS: Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) Island By: Jimmy Buffett, David Loggins 1980 Gx Asus4 A#o7 ("o"-degree symbol) E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- B|---|-X-|---|--- G|---|---|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- G|---|---|---|--- D|---|---|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|-X-|---|---|--- E|---|---|-X-|--- E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|--- Intro: E|--0--2-------0--2--------- B|-------------------------- G|--0--2-------0--2--------- D|---------0---------0------ A|-------------------------- E|-------------------------- D Island I see you in the distance I feel that your existence Gx Is not unlike my own D Island they say no man is like you They say you stand alone Gx Sometimes I feel that way too D Asus4 A It's the need for love A#o7 Heart and soul accompaniment Bm7 E A Asus4 A Seems to make me different from you Chorus: Bm7 Em7 A Asus4 A Well I tried to book passage, but you have no ports Bm7 E And I tried to sail in, but your wind and waters A Asus4 A Tore my sails and broke-a my oars D Island I see you in the moonlight Silhouettes of ships in the night Gx Just make me want that much more D Island I see you in all of my dreams Maybe someday I'll have the means Gx To reach your distant shores D Asus4 A When the need for love A#o7 Heart and soul accompaniment Bm7 E A Asus4 A No longer makes me different from you Chorus: Bm7 Em7 Well I tried to build bridges A Asus4 A But they all fell down Bm7 E And I've taken to the air on wings of silver A Asus4 A But I always hit the ground Instrumental: D G D G D Asus4 A Chorus: Bm7 Em7 A Asus4 A Well I tried to book passage, but you have no ports Bm7 E And I tried to sail in, but your wind and waters A Asus4 A Tore my sails and broke-a my oars D Island I see you in the moonlight Silhouettes of ships in the night Gx Just make me want that much more (Repeat and fade) D G -------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Little Miss Magic @CHORDS: Sean Costello (costells@guvax.georgetown.edu) and Sam Booker Little Miss Magic By: Jimmy Buffett 1980 CHORD DIAGRAMS: C5 Dsus4 E|---|---|-X-|--- E|---|---|-X-|--- B|-X-|---|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|--- G|---|---|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- A|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|-X-|--- E|---|---|---|--- Intro: Am G D G C5 G Am G D Am D G C5 G Constantly amazed by the blades of the fan on the ceiling Am D G C5 G The clever little glances she gives me can't help but be appealing F C G C5 G She loves to ride into town with the top down F C D Feel that warm breeze on her gentle skin C D G C5 G She is my next of kin Chorus: Am D G I see a little more of me every day Am D G I catch a little more mustache turnin' gray F C G Your mother is the only other woman for me Am D G C5 G Little Miss Magic, what you gonna be Am Sometimes I catch her dreamin' D G C5 G And wonder where that little mind meanders Am Is she strollin' along the shore D G C5 G Or cruisin' o'er the broad Savannah F C G I know someday she'll learn to make up her own rhymes F C D Someday she's gonna learn how to fly C D G C5 G Oh, that I won't deny Chorus: G Am D G I catch a little more dialogue comin' my way Am D G I see those big brown eyes just start to lookin' astray F C G Your mother's still the only other woman for me Am D G C5 G Little Miss Magic, what you gonna be? (Instrumental) Am G D G Am G D F C G Yes she loves to ride into town with the top down F C D Feel that warm breeze on her gentle skin C D G C5 G She is my next of kin Am D G C5 G Constantly amazed by the blades of the fan on the ceiling Am D G C5 G Those clever little looks she gives just can't help but be appealing F C G I know someday she'll learn to make up her own rhymes F C D One day she's gonna learn how to fly C D G C5 G That I won't deny Chorus: Am D G I see a little more of me everyday Am D G I feel a little more moustache turning gray F C G Your mother's still the only other woman for me Am D G Little Miss Magic, what you gonna be? Am D G Little Miss Magic, what you gonna be? Am D F C G C5 G Little Miss Magic, just can't wait to see Am G D G It's raining, it's pouring, your old man is snoring Ending: Am G D Dsus4 D G ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer -(please read)-: These chord arrangments were created for private use. Anyone who distributes them or copies them is in risk of violating copyright laws. We claim no responsibility for what others do with these lyrics and chord arrangements. Thank you, The GCC authors [end of disclaimer] --------------------------------------------------------------------- - end of CT section - MAH 3/2/95