Ti Punch Café
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: F#Capotraste:
4th traste
As recorded by Jimmy Buffett
(From the 2023 Album EQUAL STRAIN ON ALL PARTS)
Capo at 4th fret
[Intro]
D G A D G A D
G A D G
[Verse 1]
D G A
Took my telescope to sea, bound for outer space
D G
To a lonely island in a very special place
D G A
An atoll with a blue lagoon, a point break full of grace
D G
Lava flows from long ago, bubble up this place
[Chorus]
D
Ou la
G A
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
[Verse 2]
D G A
And thank the Lord for a watering hole open night and day
D G
Where buccaneers can sip their rum in the old Ti Punch Café
D G A
Above the entrance curtain hangs a well-used frying pan
D G
The owner's not the Aga Khan, it is the Jolly Mon!
[Chorus]
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G A
Ou lé
[Bridge]
Bm A G A Bm
Houéssivo lo dji houé, minbi nin djawa loo
A G Bm
Houéssivo lo dji houé é minbi nin wa douwé loo
A G A Bm
Houéssivo lo dji houé, mnibi nin djawa loo
A G
Houéssivo lo dji houé é
[Verse 3]
D G
I scoped the sky for passersby, Jolly Mon planned the trip
D G A
From the Pleiades, Desdemona came in her rocket ship
D G A
Eddie brought them burgers, Banky brought his band
D G
And the Little Prince said, "Tout le monde", did the beguine in the sand, hey
[Chorus]
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G N.C.
Ou lé
[Verse 4]
D G
Now the party's done, fun tickets gone
D G
We sang and loved and hoped
D G
Then I woke up back in twenty
A
Beneath my telescope
Bm G
Galaxies and nautilus shells
Bm G
Look the same to me
Bm G
So ask yourself this question
A D A G A D A G A
"How couldn't it be?"
[Outro]
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
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