Jimmy Buffett – I Will Play For Gumbo (Guitar)

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Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett [Intro]

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B|----------------------------|--4b------------------------|
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C C x4 [Verse 1]

C
I don't smoke I don't shoot smack

      C
But I got a spicy monkey riding on my back

      C
Don't eat beignets too much sugar and dough

[Chorus]

   G       F           C
But I will play for gumbo

   G       F           C
Yes I will play for gumbo

[Verse 2]

   C
It started in my grandma's in her kitchen by the sea

       C
She warned me when where she told me "son the first one's free"

   C
It hit me like a rock or some Taekwondo

[Chorus]

     G       F           C
Cause I will play for gumbo

       G       F           C
Oh yeah I will play for gumbo

[Pre-Chorus]

  F
A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl

C
Good for the body, good for the soul

       F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex

G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next

[Chorus]

   C
At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux

G       F           C
 I will play for gumbo

    G       F           C
Yes, I will play for gumbo

[Verse 3]

        C
I'm not talking quesadillas or a dozen Krispy Kremes

     C
Or a pound of caviar that's a rich man's dream

  C
No banana split or filet of pompano

[Chorus]

   G       F           C
No, I will play for gumbo

     G       F           C
Yeah, I will play for gumbo

[Guitar Solo]
    C
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B|--5----------------(5)------|--5--4--5--------5----------|
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    C
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B|-----------------5--6-------|--6--7--------4-------------|
G|-----------------------7----|-----------5-----7--5-------|
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    C
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B|----------------------------|-----8--10------------------|
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[Pre-Chorus]

  F
A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl

C
Good for the body, good for the soul

       F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex

G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next

[Verse 4]

C
Maybe it's that sausage or those pretty pink shrimp

        C
Or that popcorn rice that makes me blow up like a blimp

C
Maybe it's that voodoo from Marie Laveau

[Chorus]

   G       F           C
But I will play for gumbo

   G       F           C
Hey I will play for gumbo

[Verse 5]

        C
Now the Sauce Boss does his cookin' on the stage

C
Stirrin' and a singing for his nightly wage

C
Sweating and a frettin' from his head to his toe

[Chorus]

G           F                   C
Playin' and swayin' with the gumbo

  G             F                 C
Prayin' and buffetin' with the gumbo

[Pre-Chorus]

  F
A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl

C
Good for the body, good for the soul

       F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex

G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next

[Chorus]

   C
At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux

G       F           C
 I will play for gumbo

G       F           C
 I will play for gumbo

G               F                C
 Playing and buffeting for my gumbo   yeah!

G       F           C
 I will play for gumbo

[Outro]

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B|----------------------------|--4b------------------------|
G|--------5-----3-----5-------|--------5--3----------------|
D|-----------5-----------x----|--------------5--3----------|
A|--3-------------------------|--------------------5b-6----|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

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B|----------------------------|--4b5-----------------------|
G|--------5-----3-----5-------|---------3------5-----------|
D|-----------5----------------|------5---------------------|
A|--3-------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------6b-7----|

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B|----------------------------|--4b------------------------|
G|--------5-----3-----5-------|--------5--3----------------|
D|-----------5-----------x----|--------------5--3----------|
A|--3-------------------------|--------------------5b-6----|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

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B|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------5-----3-----5-------|--3b--4---3------------------------|
D|-----------5----------------|-----------------------------------|    x?
A|--3-------------------------|---------------6b-----3------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------6b--8---|

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