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False Echoes (Havana 1921) Artist: Jimmy Buffett From: Banana Wind (1996) Tab help from CowboyLyrics.com key of Eb (Capo on Fret 1) INTRO: (D)The skies over (G)Cuba(D), turned (A)pink with the (D)light And the waterfront (Bm)ritual, began to (A)ignite. All the ships in the (G)harbour(D), were (A)warmed by the (D)sun Twenty fifth of (Bm)November, (A)Nineteen Twenty-(D)one. (G) (D) On the old Chicka(G)mouga(D), the (A)signal jacks (D)flew And the message they (Bm)spelled out, caused a great bally(A)hoo Every ship in (G)Havana(D), then (A)hoisted (D)away All the pennants were (Bm)flyin', (A)on my Dad's first (D)birthday CHORUS: (A)Enduring echoes call (D)out from his past, (A)Time ain't for savin', no (D)time's not for that. (Bm)Chasin' false (F#m)echoes like A (G)lost legionnaire(A), He (G)waltzes on (Bm)memories while he (A)fades like (D)flare (G) (D) Verse 2 Now his storybook (G)childhood(D), was (A)not make (D)believe On the decks of a (Bm)tall ship, he was taught to (A)achieve. Witnessed storms and (G)starvation(D), Natural (A)wonders and (D)Force Oh the life of A (Bm)sailor, (A)steers A wandering (D)course (G) (D) REPEAT CHORUS: (A)Enduring echoes call (D)out from his past, (A)Time ain't for savin', no (D)time's not for that. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jimmy-buffett/385000.html ] (Bm)Chasin' false (F#m)echoes like A (G)lost legionnaire(A), He (G)waltzes on (Bm)memories while he (A)fades like (D)flare (G) (D) Verse 3 Well now life throws us (G)curve (D)balls, We (A)never can (D)reach He gave up the (Bm)ocean, but he lived by the (A)beach. Where he raised up his (G)family(D), taught (A)us all to (D)survive Then the wind went (Bm)away in (A)Nineteen Ninety-(D)Five (G) (D) INSTRUMENTAL: (A) (D) (A) (D) (Bm) (F#m) (G) (A) (G) (Bm) (A) (D) (G) (D) Verse 4 Now the old Chicka(G)mauga(D), has (A)slipped by the (D)ways She lies on the (Bm)bottom of old Mobile (A)Bay Where the ghosts of his (G)father(D) and his (A)brother are (D)near They protect him and (Bm)tell him, (A)There's nothing to (D)fear (G) (D) Cause it's family (G)tradition(D), We (A)take to the (D)sea And it's a time in the (Bm)future, For (A)Cameron and (D)me (G) (D) REPEAT CHORUS: (A)Enduring echoes call (D)out from his past, (A)Time ain't for savin', no (D)time's not for that. (Bm)Chasin' false (F#m)echoes like A (G)lost legionnaire(A), He (G)waltzes on (Bm)memories while he (A)fades like (D)flare (G) (D) Outro (D)The skies over (G)Cuba(D) Were (A)warmed by the (D)sun, Twenty fifth of (Bm)November, (A)Nineteen Twenty-one(D). |