[Jungle noises fade in ... A6 / E6 pattern emerges...]
A6E6
On de ubber side ob de island
A6E
There's a sky so clear and blue
A6E6
Can see, cross water, to de mainland
A6E
New life for me and you
AE
Let's buy a hotel
A
Let's get a yacht
D
We'll get a golden island
EA
In the sun made of coconut
E
Let's buy an old car
A
We'll crash in a hut
D
We'll feed the food to the Ford
EA
And we'll live off the coconut
C#m
Well there's a big black mama in a tree She's gonna cook us
F#mBm7
She's gonna call up the rest of the tribe
EE6E7
And it looks like the ghost of Tarzan lied
F#m
He went over to the other side
C#m
And he rang like a bell
F#mC#m
From tree to tree
AE
They never ever let you go
AE
They never ever let you go
AE
We get American menus
E6A
With all American men
B
We're getting sick of things American
B9
We ate our way through half the Pentagon
B7AF#m11
We had our share of big palookas
BmF#m
Yankee go home
BmF#m
Yankee go home
DA
They never ever let you go (x3)
DAInstrumental break] (x8)
BmF#m
Yankee go home
BmF#mGmG#m
Yankee go ho ho home
A6E6Instrumental (x 4)
AE
Let's buy a hotel
A
Let's get a yacht
D
We'll get a golden island
EA
In the sun made of coconut
E
Let's buy an old car
A
We'll crash in a hut
D
We'll feed the food to the Ford
EA
And we'll live off the coconut
C#m
Well there's a big black mama in a tree She's gonna cook us
F#mBm7
She's gonna call up the rest of the tribe
EE6E7
And it looks like the ghost of Tarzan lied
F#m
He went over to the other side
C#m
And he rang like a bell
F#mC#m
From tree to tree
F#mC#mF#mC#m
Tree to tree, tree to tree
AE
They never ever let you go
AE
They never ever let you go [repeat to fade...]
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.