Intro  
  
Disem{G}barking at C/G Duvalier G Airport  
D Seeking trans{C}portation to G town C/G G  
As the purple ink C/G dried on his G passport  
He could D still feel the C eyes look a{G}round C/G G  
G "Messieur, ou y C/G le G casino?"  
He D spoke to the C cabbie and G smiled C/G G  
The driver C/G replied "Veaux ou G noveaux"  
As he D motioned the C dark man G inside C/G G  
  
Bm Business in Aruba con{C}cluded  
He now A had a little money to D spend Dsus D7  
That's how I C came to D meet my African G friend  
  
We were G rolling the C/G bones several G hours  
Con{D}versing as C most gamblers G do C/G G  
We were calling on C/G all of our G powers  
D Hoping to C see the night G through C/G G  
But not ap{G}proving at C/G all of our G winnings,  
The D pit boss he C tugged at his G sleeve C/G G  
Through the whole thing my C/G new friend was G grinning  
When he D motioned it's C time we should G leave C/G G  
  
With our Bm night at the tables C behind us  
We were A ready just to do it a{D}gain Dsus D7  
That's C when I came to D know my African G friend  
  
Solo  
  
But I G woke up on the C/G steps of a G whorehouse  
A D soldier told me C I'd better G leave C/G G  
As I stumbled to C/G find me a G taxi  
I D saw a note C pinned to my G sleeve C/G G  
It was a G pleasure and a C/G hell of an G evening  
It D truly was our C night to G win C/G G  
But the authorities in{C/G}sist on my G leaving  
Take D care, my C American G friend C/G G  
  
With my Bm weekend in Haiti C concluded  
I now A had a little money to D spend Dsus D7  
That's C when I came D meet my African G Friend  
That's C when I came D meet my African G Friend