John Denver – Calypso (Guitar Acoustic)

Capo 7
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

3/4 measure [Intro] | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | Em/D | Em/D |
| Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | Em/D | Em/D |
        (bell)          (bell)
[Verse 1]
   D                    D6                      Dmaj7                    D           Em/D
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean, to ride on the crest of the wild raging storm

   D                      D6                      Dmaj7                    D           Em/D
To work in the service of life and the living, in search of the answers to questions unknown

      D                     D6                   Dmaj7             D       Am/D
To be part of the movement, part of the growing, part of beginning to understand
[Chorus]
G                D
Aye Calypso, the places you've been to

    G               D             A           D
The things that you shown us, the stories you tell

G              D
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit

    G            D             A           D
The men who have served you so long and so well
[Bridge]
| A | G  D | A | G D |
Hadiheehi...

| A | G  D | A |
Hadiheehi...
| G/D | G/D | [Interlude]
| Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | G/D | G/D |
        (bell)

| Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | G/D | G/D |
        (bell)
[Verse 2]
         D                           D6                      Dmaj7                     D           Em/D
Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you, to light up the darkness and show us the way

    D                               D6               Dmaj7                    D              Em/D
For though we are strangers in your silent world, to live on the land we must learn from the sea

      D                    D6                    Dmaj7                D          Am/D
To be true as the tide and free as a wind swell, joyful and loving in letting it be    Oh!
[Chorus]
G                D
Aye Calypso, the places you've been to

    G               D             A           D
The things that you shown us, the stories you tell

G              D
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit

    G            D             A           D
The men who have served you so long and so well
[Chorus]
G                D
Aye Calypso, the places you've been to

    G               D             A           D
The things that you shown us, the stories you tell

G              D
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit

    G            D             A           D
The men who have served you so long and so well
[Outro]
| A | G D | A | G D |
Hadiheehi...

| A | G D | A |
Hadiheehi...
| G/D | G/D | D | D |
| A | G D | A | G D |
Hadiheehi...

| A | G D | A |
Hadiheehi...

| G/D | G/D | D | D |
                    (bell)