Jimmy Buffett – Serpentine (Guitar)
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Chords
Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnally
Notes: 120 bpm; From the album Songs from St. Somewhere
[Intro]
Am Em
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D Am
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Am Em
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D C G/B Am
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A|--------------|--3-------2----------|--0------|-(0)----|-(0)----|-(0)------|
E|--------------|---------------------|---------|--------|--------|----------|[Verse 1]
Am D Maybe it’s just age or a thousand other fears F Am That took me back tonight to my early carnival years Am D I can see the parade a-movin’ like the source of the old gulf stream Am Em Am Oh what a lovely dream
[Verse 2]
Am D Adolescent lust was begging for a start F Am As I side-stepped those Brothers with their sacred hearts Am D Yet for those two weeks a year, it was all about sin Am Em Am Folly’s chasin’ death, you can count me in
[Chorus]
G There’s a flambeaux man with a gold earring D And the cold north wind smells like kerosene Am F E Here comes the float of the Carnival Queen Am I want to wrap her in serpentine [Interlude] E e|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0-0-0--0-0---|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0-0-0--0-0---| B|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0-0-0--0-0---|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0-0-0--0-0---| G|-9-9-9-8--8-8-6-|--6-6-4--4-4---|-9-9-9-8--8-8-6-|--6-6-4--4-4---| D|-9-9-9-9--9-9-6-|--6-6-6--6-6---|-9-9-9-9--9-9-6-|--6-6-6--6-6---| A|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------| E|----------------|-------------0-|----------------|-------------0-|
[Bridge]
E Hands up high eyes open wide F# “throw me something mister” F# That’s why you ride A E Crackers Jacks with toys inside E Real beyond our wildest dreams F# Floats and masks and a two mule team A Some things really are E The way they seem
[Interlude]
Am x4
[Verse 3]
Am D Beads and confetti were littering the air F Am When the Queen looked at me with her Ava Gardner stare Am D Though tomorrow would bring ashes and penance by the ton Am Em Am Mardi Gras’s where I learned to have fun
[Chorus]
G There’s a flambeaux man with a gold earring D And the cold north wind smells like kerosene Am F E I'm still in love with the Carnival Queen Am I want to wrap her in serpentine Am Still want to wrap her in serpentine
It was the devil
[Outro]
Am Em
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G|--9---|---------------|--------------|----------|----------9---|
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D Am
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B|-----------|-8-10---10---------|-------------|------15/17------|
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Am Em
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D C G/B Am
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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| b Bend
| / Slide up
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