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Oh Jamaica

Chords (A) (E) (D) (F#m) (Bm) (Db) (Dbm)

intro
(A)(E)(D)(A)(E)(D) (A)

(A) I've got something that I'd (E) like to relate 
(D) Home on the islands (A) sure sounds great
(A) Lying in the (E) Sand underneath palm trees 
(D) There's a beautiful sun and I'm smoking (A) Jamaican weed

Chorus
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) must be a (E) hippie's (D) dream (A)
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) sounds like a (E) reggae (A) scene

(A) Bright lights of the city (E) Just get me down, and the 
(D) noise from the traffic's got my (A) head spinning around
(A) Big city (E) people just don't make no sense
(D) Oh I want to be back home in the (A) country again

Chorus
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) sounds like a (E) hippie's (A) dream
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) must be a (E) reggae (A) scene

(F#m) (solo)
(F#m) I don't wanna disturb your (Bm) reggae fantasy about 
(Db) All that good (F#m) coke and (Db) coconut trees but the
(F#m) people living in  (Bm) cardboard shacks you know
(Db) That aint exactly where the (A) good life's (E) at

solo
(A) (E) (D) (A) 2x

(A) I've got a notion to (E) just go away
(D) Find myself a nice little (A) place and stay
(A) Up on a hill with a (E) river below 
(D) just sit back relax and (A) go with the flow

Chorus
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) sounds like a (E) hippie's (A) dream
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) must be a (E) reggae (A) scene

(A) If I ever get myself (E) out of this mess
(D) I'll never set foot in the (A) city again
(A) I'll play my guitar for the (E) chickens in the yard 
(D) oh yeah I'll sing my songs for the (A) pigs in the park

Chorus
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) must be a (E) hippie's (D) dream (A)
(D) yeah they're (E) growing in  (A) Jamaica,  (D) if you (A) know what I mean

(F#m) (solo)
(F#m) I don't wanna disturb your (Bm) reggae fantasy about 
(Db) All that good (F#m) coke and (Db) coconut trees but the
(F#m) people living in  (Bm) cardboard shacks you know
(Db) That aint exactly where the (A) good life's (E) at

(A) Out on the islands with the (E) sun beating on down
(D) Me and my friends just (A) messing around
(A) Smoking home grown and (E) drinking home brew
(D) it sounds like paradise  with an (A) ocean view

Chorus
(D) Oh (E) Oh (A) Jamaica,  (D) sounds like a (E) ganja (A) dream
(D) yeah they're (E) growing in  (A) Jamaica,  (D) if you (E) know what I (A) mean

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