Jimmy Buffett – Mañana (Ukulele)

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====== By Jimmy Buffett [Verse]
C
She said I can't go back to America soon
It's so goddamn cold it's gonna snow until June
              F                       Dm
Yeah, they're freezin' up in Buffalo, stuck in their cars

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And I'm lyin' here 'neath the sun and the stars
[Verse]
C
Customs man tells her that she's gotta leave
She's got a plan hidden up her shrewd sleeve
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Wants to find her a captain, a man of strong mind

    G                F           C     C7
And any direction he blows'll be fine
[Chorus]
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Please don't say man~ana if you don't mean it

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I have heard those words for so very long

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Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it

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Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being wrong
[Verse]
C
Tried and I tried but I don't understand
Never seems to work out the way I had it planned
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Hangin' out in a marina when Steve Martin called

        G                    F          C
Singin' anybody there really wanna' get small

    C
But women and water are in short supply
There's not enough dope for us all to get high
  F                    Dm
I hear it gets better, that's what they say

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As soon as we sail on to Cane Garden Bay
[Chorus]
F                                     C
Please don't say man~ana if you don't mean it

   G                                  C    C7
I have heard those words for so very long

      F                                           C
Don't try to describe the scenery if you've never seen it

      G                    F                      C
Don't ever forget that you just may wind up in my song
(spoken: "Alright, let's reggae Reefers'") [Solo] C F G F C [Verse]
C
Called all my friends on those cheap nightly rates
Sure was good to talk to the old United States
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While the lights of St. Thomas lie twenty miles west

      G                        F           C
I see General Electric's still doing their best

C
I've got to head this boat south pretty soon
New album's old and I'm fresh out of tunes
      F
But I know that I'll get 'em

  Dm
I know that they'll come

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Through the people and places and Callwoods Rum
[Chorus]
   F                                     C
So please don't say man~ana if you don't mean it  (Don't mean it)

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I have done your lines for so very long

      F                                              C
Don't try to describe a Kiss concert if you've never seen it

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Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being gonged!  (gong)

      G                       F                  C
And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs  (No No No)
[Outro] G F C