Year: 2004 - Album: The Complete UK Recordings 1972-1974
Written by Lol Creme/Godley & Creme/Kevin Godley
Chord F#m11 = 222222 Jungle noises fade in ... A6 / E6 pattern emerges... A6 E6 On de ubber side ob de island A6 E There's a sky so clear and blue A6 E6 Can see, cross water, to de mainland A6 E New life for me and you A E Let's buy a hotel A Let's get a yacht D We'll get a golden island E A 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 E A 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#m Bm7 She's gonna call up the rest of the tribe E E6 E7 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#m C#m From tree to tree A E They never ever let you go A E They never ever let you go A E We get American menus E6 A With all American men B We're getting sick of things American B9 We ate our way through half the Pentagon B7 A F#m11 We had our share of big palookas Bm F#m Yankee go home Bm F#m Yankee go home D A They never ever let you go (x3) D A Instrumental break (x8) Bm F#m Yankee go home Bm F#m Gm G#m Yankee go ho ho home A6 E6 Instrumental (x 4) A E Let's buy a hotel A Let's get a yacht D We'll get a golden island E A 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 E A 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#m Bm7 She's gonna call up the rest of the tribe E E6 E7 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#m C#m From tree to tree F#m C#m F#m C#m Tree to tree, tree to tree A E They never ever let you go A E They never ever let you go repeat to fade...