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CHORDS: Jimmy Buffett – When Salome Plays The Drum on Piano & Ukulele

These are When Salome Plays The Drum chords by Jimmy Buffett on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C

[Verse 1]
C
When Salome plays the drum
C
Crowd goes deaf and dumb
                 Bb
Swept up by dark sensations

C
Partially the heat
C
More so it\'s the beat
             Bb
She moves in syncopation
C
Gazelle on the run

[Verse 2]
C
Skirt slit past her thigh
C
Boys let out a sigh
                   Bb
The beat begins to quicken
C
Crowd ascends the stairs
C
Climbin\' on the chairs
                   Bb
The plot begins to thicken
C
Phasers on stun

[Chorus]
F         G      C
Take them to the carnival
 (take them to the carnival)
F        G        C
Let them hear the conga
F           G     C
Tonight the tempo feels
 so right
Bb              C
Tomorrow may be wrong-a

[Instrument]
C C Bb C C   x2

[Verse 3]
C
Gendarme close her down
C
Make her leave the town
               Bb
She caught the flight to Rio
C
Nothin\' to say

C
Wavin\' from the plane
C
Pourin\' pink champagne
               Bb
She toasts her loyal trio
C
It was a lucrative stay

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[Chorus]
    F         G      C
Ooh take them to the carnival 
(take them to the carnival)
F        G        C
Let them hear the conga
F           G     C
Tonight the tempo feels so right
Bb              C
Tomorrow may be wrong-a

               F         G 
(Oh won\'t you) take them to
     C
 the carnival (take them 
to the carnival)
F        G        C
Let them play for hours
F           G       C
Tonight the weather feels 
so right
Bb                
Tomorrow (tomorrow) 
             C
feels like showers

[Outro]
C C Bb C
C C Bb C

December 20, 2023

Jimmy Buffett – University Of Bourbon Street Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are University Of Bourbon Street chords by Jimmy Buffett on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C A D7 G C

[Verse 1]
C
I guess the point of 
goin\' to college
        F            
Was to acquire myself 
          C
a little knowledge
C
And help me figure out
     G7                   C7
What life was really all about
        F
It made Peets and J.D. happy
    F#dim
And set me wild and free
       C
Then I danced out 
of Mississippi
A7           D7     
To the University of
 G7      C
 Bourbon Street

[Verse 2]
C
I sang, \"Hey Pocky A-way\"
       F                  C
On the streetcar headed uptown
C
I went to class every day
G7
And never wore a frown
      C
I was taught by the
 Neville Brothers
      F              
Benny Spellman, and a
 F#dim
 whole lotta others
     C                   A7
That brass brand blew my mind
       D7           
When I joined in the 
 G7     C
second line

[Bridge]
           F
I felt the power of 
the gris-gris
       F#dim      Am     Cdim
Got my soul saved by the backbeat
      C                 A7
I was branded by Jean Lafitte
          D         
At the University of 
 G       C
Bourbon Street
  Bb                    C
I sang on a paddlewheel boat
Bb                       C
Floated down the Mississippi
Bb             F          C
Helped build a Mardi Gras float
             G7
And smoked a joint with 
a beautiful hippie

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[Verse 3]
          C
I heard a church choir sing
C
\"Change my guitar strings\"
        F
Thought things just 
couldn\'t get better
       C            
\'Til I walked to the 
         A7
Central Grocery
    Dm           G    C
And had myself a muffaletta
          F
I took my lunchbox 
to the streetcar
     F#dim               Cdim
That Tennessee named, \"Desire\"
       C                   A7
Then I followed my dancin\' feet
          D7        
To the University of 
 G7      C
Bourbon Street

[Interlude]
C7   F  C   G7   C7
F  F#dim  C  A7  D7 G7 C


[Bridge]
C
Yeah, we got high-class, 
low-rent Voodoo information
C
Pat O\'Brien\'s hurricane
 accreditation
C
Old-school sex education
    G
And I learned how to eat

[Verse 4]
         C
From the music and the people
C
To the cookin\' and the joy
   F7                  F#
It really ain\'t a mystery
C                 
I just followed my 
         A7
dancin\' feet
          D7        
To the University of 
 G7      C
Bourbon Street
                      A7
I got my Lucky Dog Ph.D.
          D7        
At the University of 
 G7      C
Bourbon Street
                    
Yeah, I just followed 
             A7
my dancin\' feet
          D7       
To the University of
  G7      C
 Bourbon Street
                         A7
And a Po\' Boy Master\'s Degree
          D7        
At the University of 
 G7      C
Bourbon Street

[Outro]
     A7
It\'s all sweet, darling
   D7         G7      C
University of Bourbon Street
C
Hand me that umbrella
          A7
Follow me to school
   D7         G7    
University of Bourbon 
  C       A7
Street
   D7         G7     
University of Bourbon
 C       D7 G7  C
 Street
A7   D7 G7 C 
  A7  D7 G7 C   A7
D7 G7 C  
  A7  D7 G7 C

September 9, 2018