Jimmy Buffett – Migration (Ukulele)

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By: Jimmy Buffett 1974
C
Lookin' back at my background

                 G7
Tryin' to figure out how I ever got here
Some things are still a mystery to me
      C                  C7
While others are much too clear

         F
I'm just  livin' in the sunshine

     C                     Am
Stay contented most of the time

      D7
Yeah, listenin' to Murphy, Walker, and Willis

                            G    G7
Sing me their Texas rhymes

C      
Now most of the people who retire in Florida

    G7
Are wrinkled and they lean on a crutch
And mobile homes are smotherin' my keys
   C                      C7 
I hate those bastards so much

         F
I wish a summer squall would blow them

        C                  Am
All the way up to fantasy land

Am                D7
    Yeah, they're ugly and square, they don't belong here

                  F          G7      C
    They looked a lot better as beer cans
[Chorus]
         Am
Yeah and that's why it's still a mystery to me

    G
Why some people live like they do

Am
So many nice things happenin' out there

     D7                  G
They never even seen the clues

        F
Oh, but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme

  C                      Am
I know we been doin' our part

      F                    C
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control

         G7                      Am       C
And some Texas hidden here in my heart

C
Well, now I might have joined the Merchant Marine

     G7
If I hadn't learned how to sing
And on top of all that I got married too early
C                             C7
'Cost me much more than a ring

              F
But now those crazy days are over

           C                                  Am
Just gotta learn from the wrong things you've done

       D7
I came off the rebound, started lookin' around

        f                G7            C
Figured out it's time to have a little fun
[Chorus]
         Am
Yeah and that's why it's still a mystery to me

    G
Why some people live like they do

Am
So many nice things happenin' out there

     D7                  G
They never even seen the clues

        F
Oh, but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme

  C                      Am
I know we been doin' our part

      F                    C
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control

         G7                      Am       C
And some Texas hidden here in my heart

C
Well, now if I ever live to be an old man

          G7
I'm gonna sail down to Martinique
I'm gonna buy me a sweat-stained Bogart suit
       C              C7
And an African parakeet

              F
And then I'll sit him on my shoulder

    C                     Am
And open up my trusty old mind

        D7
I gonna teach him how to cuss, teach him how to fuss

             F             G7        C
And pull the cork out of a bottle of wine
[Chorus]
         Am
Yeah and that's why it's still a mystery to me

    G
Why some people live like they do

Am
So many nice things happenin' out there

     D7                  G
They never even seen the clues

        F
Oh, but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme

  C                      Am
I know we been doin' our part

      F                    C
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control

         G7                      Am       C
And some Texas hidden here in my heart

            F                    C
Yeah, got a Caribbean soul I can barely control

         G7                      F       G     C    C7
And some Texas hidden here in my heart