Jimmy Buffett – One Particular Harbour (Guitar)

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One Particular Harbor Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett and Robert Holcomb [Intro] D D D D D G A A G D D G A A G D [Chorus]
D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei

D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei
[Verse 1]
  D                      C
I know I don't get there often enough

        D              C
But God knows I surely try

       D             C
It's a magic kind of medicine

        G      F         D
That no doctor could prescribe
[Interlude] G F D [Verse 2]
          D                    C
I used to rule my world from a pay phone

    D                C
And ships out on the sea

        D
But now times are rough

         C
And I got too much stuff

        G          F          D
Can't explain  the likes   of me
[Pre-chorus]
                 G      A7      D
But there's this one particular harbor

   G       A      D
So far but yet so near

        G       A7          D      Bm
Where I see the days as they fade away

    G       A7    D
And finally   disappear
[Bridge]
                          A7
But now I think about the good times

                      D
Down in the Caribbean sunshine

                         A7
In my younger days I was so bad

                       G   A  D
Laughin' about all the fun we had

                             A7
I've seen enough to feel the world spin

                                D
Mixin' different oceans meetin' cousins

                               A7
Listen to the drummers and the night sound

                               G     A  D
Listen to the singers make the world go round
[Instrumental] A7 D A7 D G D A7 D A7 G A7 D [Chorus]
D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei

D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei
[Verse 3]
D               C
Lakes below the mountains

D              C
Flowing to the sea

     D                  C
Like oils applied to canvas

      G        F       D
 They permeate through me
[Pre-chorus]
                 G      A7         D
And there's that one particular harbor

G         A        D
Sheltered from the wind

          G        A7          D          Bm
Where the children play on the shore each day

    G      A7       D
And always safe within

        G       A7         D
Most mysterious calling harbor

   G       A7     D
So far but yet so near

      G       A7          D           Bm
I can see the day when my hair's full gray

      G       A7   D
And I finally disappear (but not yet!)
[Chorus] N.C. Ia ora te na-tur-a N.C. (E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei N.C. Ia ora te na-tur-a N.C. (E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei [Outro]
D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei

D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei

D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei

D G A         G  D
    Ia ora te na-tur-a

   D   G A          G  D
(E)mea a-ro-fa teie ao nei
Translation: IA ORA TE NATURA E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI NATURE LIVES (LIFE TO NATURE) IA ORA TE NATURA HAVE PITY FOR THE EARTH E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI (LOVE THE EARTH) UA PAU TE MAITAI NO TE FENUA BOUNTY OF THE LAND IS EXHAUSTED TE ZAI NOA RA TE ORA O TE MITIE BUT THERE'S STILL ABUNDANCE IN THE SEA