John Denver – Calypso (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
 A                     A6                     Amaj7
To sail on a dream of a crystal clear ocean, to ride on the crest of a 

            Bm/A    A                         A6                     Amaj7
wild raging storm. To work in the service of life and the living in search

        A                   Bm/A           A                        A6
of the answers to questions unknown. To be part of the movement and part 

               Amaj7      A             Em7/A
of the growing part of beginning to under stand.
[Chorus]
 D                A                       D          A            E
Aye calypso the places youve been to the things you show us the stories you

 A      D            A                      D               A
tell. Aye calypso i sing to your spirit the men who have served you so 

 E          A    E  D  A  E  D  A  E  D  A
long and so well.
[Verse 2]
   A                                   A6                    Amaj7
Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you to light up the 

              A         Bm/A      A                           A6   
darkness and show us the way. For though we are strangers in your silent 

         Amaj7        A                           Bm/A       A 
world to live on the land you must learn from the sea. To be true as the 

           A6                 Amaj7        A                Em7/A
tide and free as a wind-swell joyful and loving in letting it be.
[Chorus] (x2)
 D                A                       D          A            E
Aye calypso the places youve been to the things you show us the stories you

 A      D            A                      D               A
tell. Aye calypso i sing to your spirit the men who have served you so 

 E          A    E  D  A  E  D  A  E  D  A
long and so well.