African Friend

[Intro ] Disem{G}barking at C/G Duvalier G Airport D Seeking trans{C}portation to G town C/G G As the purple ink C/G dried on his G passport He could D still feel the C eyes look a{G}round C/G G G "Messieur, ou y C/G le G casino?" He D spoke to the C cabbie and G smiled C/G G The driver C/G replied "Veaux ou G noveaux" As he D motioned the C dark man G inside C/G G Bm Business in Aruba con{C}cluded He now A had a little money to D spend Dsus D7 That's how I C came to D meet my African G friend We were G rolling the C/G bones several G hours Con{D}versing as C most gamblers G do C/G G We were calling on C/G all of our G powers D Hoping to C see the night G through C/G G But not ap{G}proving at C/G all of our G winnings, The D pit boss he C tugged at his G sleeve C/G G Through the whole thing my C/G new friend was G grinning When he D motioned it's C time we should G leave C/G G With our Bm night at the tables C behind us We were A ready just to do it a{D}gain Dsus D7 That's C when I came to D know my African G friend Solo But I G woke up on the C/G steps of a G whorehouse A D soldier told me C I'd better G leave C/G G As I stumbled to C/G find me a G taxi I D saw a note C pinned to my G sleeve C/G G It was a G pleasure and a C/G hell of an G evening It D truly was our C night to G win C/G G But the authorities in{C/G}sist on my G leaving Take D care, my C American G friend C/G G With my Bm weekend in Haiti C concluded I now A had a little money to D spend Dsus D7 That's C when I came D meet my African G Friend That's C when I came D meet my African G Friend