Misc Mashups – Jamaican Farewell Medley (Guitar)

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Harry Belafonte - Jamaican farewell medley - Harry Belafonte - Come Back Liza - Harry Belafonte - Island in the sun - Harry Belafonte- Banana Boat (Day-O)- Harry Belafonte - Coconut Woman - Harry Belafonte - Matilda - Monty Norman - Underneath the Mango Tree - Miriam Makeba - Malaika - The Everly Brothers - Like strangers - Al Martino - Blue Spanish Eyes - Ricky Nelson - I Need You (Honest I Do) - Frank Sinatra - Isle of Capri - Harry Belafonte - Yellow bird,
C             F
Down the way, where the nights are gay

G                               C
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top

Am                 Dm
I took a trip on a sailing ship

           G
And when I reached Jamaica

  C
I made a stop
[Chorus]
         C              F
But I'm, sad to say I'm on my way

G                 C
Won't be back for many a day

Am                           F
My heart is down, my head is spinning around

         C              G       C
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
[Verse 2]
C                   F
Sounds of laughter, everywhere

G                           C
And the dancing girls swing to and fro

C                 F
I must declare my heart is there

G                              C
Though I've been from Maine to Mexico
[Chorus]
C                       F
But I'm, sad to say I'm on my way

G                 C
Won't be back for many a day

Am                            F
My heart is down, my head is spinning around

         G                      C
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

C                   F
Down at the market, you can hear

G                             C
Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear

C                 F
'Akey' rice, salt fish are nice

G                       C
And the rum is good any time of year
[Chorus]
        C              F
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way

G                 C
Won't be back for many a day

Am                           Dm
My heart is down, my head is spinning around

C                       G           C
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

        C              F
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way

G                 C
Won't be back for many a day

Am                           Dm7
My heart is down, my head is spinning around

         G                      C
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town...
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   C                     G               C
Every time I'm away from Liza, water come to me eye

   C                       G             C
Every time I'm away from Liza, water come to me eye
[REFRAIN]
C                           G            C
Come back Liza, come back girl, wipe the tear from me eye

C                         G              C
Come back Liza, come back girl, wipe the tear from me eye

C                       G             C
I remember when love was new, water come to me eye

C                        G              C
There was one, but now there's two, water come to me eye
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C                 F
This is my island in the sun

         G7                       C
Where my people have toiled since time begun

C             Dm
I may sail on many a sea

    C                     G7      C
Her shores will always be home to me
[Chorus]
C          F
Oh, island in the sun

G7                 C
Willed to me by my father's hand

C                  F
All my days I will sing in praise

        G7                    C
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands
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C      G7  C                   G7       C
Day-oh Day-oh Daylight come an' me wan' go home

C          G7         C
Day me say day me say day me say day me say day me say day oh

C                   G7       C
Daylight come an' me wan' go home
[Verse]
C                      G7       C
Work all night on the drink of rum

C                   G7         C
Daylight come an' me wan' go home

C                       G7      C
Stack banana 'till de mornin' come

C                   G7         C
Daylight come an' me wan' go home
[Verse]
C                     G7       C
Come mister tally man tally me banana

C                   G7       C
Daylight come an' me wan' go home

C                     G7       C
Come mister tally man tally me banana

C                   G7       C
Daylight come an' me wan' go home
[Verse]
      C             G7         C
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch

C                   G7       C
Daylight come an' me wan' go home

C             G7         C
Six foot, seven foot eight foot bunch

C                   G7       C
Daylight come an' me wan' go home
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        C     C7         F
Coconut woman is calling out

         C           C7       F
And everyday you can hear her shout

        C     C7         F
Coconut woman is calling out

         C           C7       F
And everyday you can hear her shout
[CHORUS]
                 C      C7       F
Get your coconut water (Four for five)

                        C         C7       F
Man, it's good for your daughter (Four for five)

                 C      C7       F
Coco got a lotta iron (Four for five)

                       C     C7       F
Make you strong like a lion (Four for five)

       C       C7        F
A lady tell me the other day

           C        C7        F
No one can take her sweet man away

          C            C7   F
I ask her what was the mystery

                C         C7     F
She say coconut water and rice curry
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     C        F        G7           C       G7        C       G7  C
Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Once again now!
C        F        G7           C       G7        C       G7 C
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

             C
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost:

G7         F
Woman even sell me cat and horse!

      G7           C       G7        C       G7 C
Heya! Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody!
 C
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,

 F
(Matilda,) Sing a little louder,

G7           C       G7        C       G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Once again now!
 C
(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,

 F
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,

G7           C       G7        C       G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
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C                    F
Underneath the mango tree

             G                    C
Me honey and me can watch for the moon

C                    F
Underneath the mango tree

             G                  C
Me honey and me make boolooloop soon

C                      F
Underneath the moonlit sky

             G                 C
Me honey and I can sit hand in hand

C                      F
Underneath the moonlit sky

             G                C
Me honey and I can make fairyland
[Verse]
C                 F
Mango, banana and tangerine

G                   C
Sugar and ackee and cocoa bean

C                    F
When we get marry we make them grow

    G                      C
And nine little child in a row
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C         G         C      G
Malaika, nakupenda malaika,

C        G         C      C7
malaika, nakupenda Malaika.

         F                 Dm  G
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio,

G                   C   G          G7      C  G
nashindwa na mali sina, we, ningekuoa Malaika,

N.C                C    G        G7       C   G
nashindwa na mali sina, we, ningekuoa Malaika.
[Verse 1]
C    G          C     G
Pesa zasumbua roho yangu,

C    G          C     C7
pesa zasumbua roho yangu.

          F                 Dm  G
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio,

N.C.                C   G        G7       C   G
nashindwa na mali sina, we, ningekuoa Malaika,

N.C.                C   G        G7       C   G
nashindwa na mali sina, we, ningekuoa Malaika,
[Verse 2]
C    G          C     G
Kidege, hukuwaza kidege,

C    G          C     C7
Kidege, hukuwaza kidege,

          F                 Dm  G
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio,

N.C.                C   G        G7       C   G
nashindwa na mali sina, we, ningekuoa Malaika,

N.C.                C   G        G7       C   G
nashindwa na mali sina, we, ningekuoa Malaika,
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     C         F      G      C
Like strangers, that's what we are

         C      C7/Bb  A            Dm
Darling, how can lovers pull apart so far?

     Dm         G         Dm
Like strangers , how can it be?

     G7                        C
Only days ago we loved so tenderly
[Part 2]
  C        F  G   C
I love you, truly I do

      C        C7/Bb   A                Dm
And I hope deep in your heart you love me too

         Fm
Let's forget that we've been angry

         C     C7/Bb  A7
Let's be lovers like before

    Dm                  G7          C
And swear not to be like strangers anymore
[Coda]
        Fm
Let's forget that we've been angry

         C     C7/Bb  A7
Let's be lovers like before

    Dm                  G7            C
And swear not to be like strangers a-ny-more
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C
Blue Spanish Eyes

                                        G7
Teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes

G7
Please please don't cry

                               C
This is just adios and not goodbye

C
Soon I'll return

                     C7                  F
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold

Fm
Please say si si

C                G7                         C
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

C
Blue Spanish eyes

                         G7
Prettiest eyes in all of Mexico

C
Blue Spanish eyes

                                       C
Please smile for me once more before I go

           C
Soon I'll return

                     C7                  F
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold

Fm
Please say si si

C                G7                         C
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
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C
If you should ever think of leaving me..

                    G7
don't let it go too far.

G7
The love of a lifetime, darling, that's what

    C
you are.

                      C7               F
I know I could never, ever stop loving you..

             C          G7                C
no man is an island and I need you, honest I do.
[Verse #2]
C
Every single day my love for you keeps growing

         G7
more and more.

G7                                    C
The lips of an angel never kissed me before.

C                            C7                  F
And now that I've found you, I'll be counting on you..

              C             G7                C
to love me forever, cause I need you, honest I do.
[BRIDGE]
           F                       C
It took an awful lot of looking to find you..

    G7                   C
oh, what a time I've been through.

       F                      C     D7
Cause, darling, it's not very easy..finding an

           G7
angel like you.
[Verse #3]
C                                                      G7
Two of us together, hand in hand, we stand at heaven's door.

G7                                  C
Together forever, I'll be yours ever more.

C                            C7                  F
Through all of my life time, I'll be counting on you..

           C                G7                C
to love me forever, cause I need you, honest I do.
[OUTRO]
  G7                  C
I need you..honest..I..do.(Fade.)
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            C
Twas on the isle of capri that I found her

                        C7         Dm   G7
Beneath the shade of an old walnut tree

         Dm            G7             Dm        G7
Oh I can still see the flowers bloom around her

         Dm         G7         C
where we met on the isle of capri

           C
she was as sweet as a rose at a dawning

                C7            Dm G7
but fate hadn't meant her for me

             Dm              G7          Dm      G7
And though I sailed with the tide in the morning

         Dm             G7         C
Still my heart's on the isle of capri
[Bridge]
F       Fm    C    C7
Summer's nearly over

Dm   G7    C
Blue sky's above

F   Fm  C
Lady im a rover

D7                       G7
Spare me a sweet word of love
[Outro]
C
Softly she said not to linger

   C#
As i kissed her hand I could see

       Dm7
Wore a plain golden ring on her finger

    D7         G7         C
Goodbye on the isle of capri
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C               G              C
Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.

C                G                  C
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.
[Verse #1]
F                     C
Did your lady friend, leave the nest again?

G                 C
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.

F                 C
You can fly away, in the sky away..

G                      C
you're more lucky than me.
[Verse #2]
C             G                                 C
I also have a pretty girl, she's not with me, today.

C                         F             G
They're all the same, the pretty girls..make them the nest..

               C
then they fly away.
[CHORUS]
C               G              C
Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.

C                G                  C
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.
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C
Pearly Shells from the ocean

               F                G7
Shining in the sun covering the shore

       C                 F
When I see them my heart tells me that I love you

          C       G7            C
More than all the little pearly shells

          G7
For every grain of sand upon the beach

     C
I’ve got a kiss for you

             G7
And I've got more left over

                   D7              G7
for each star that twinkles in the blue

       C
Pearly Shells from the ocean

               F                G7
shining in the sun covering the shore

       C                 F
When I see them my heart tells me that I love you

          C       G7            C
More than all the little pearly shells
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