South America

C     F

        C     F          C     F
Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo

F       G  G

         F                      C
Got a letter from a long lost cousin
 of mine
            F                      
Who owns a little piece of heaven 
       C
in the Argentine
        F                      
It's a different planet, it's a 
    C
different place
             G               
He calls it out of this world 
              G
without traveling to space

      F                      C
It's not just a lesson in geography
      F                       C
No equation to unravel alge- brai - 
ically
        F                          
It's written in the wind and on the
  C
 tropical sea
       G                           
From south of the equator it keeps 
   G
callin'to me


        C               F
South America well you know I would
        C            F
South America if I only could
C             F             G
  I wanna be,   I wanna be  where 
it's at
        C               F
South America I'd go anywhere
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        C               F
South America somebody take me there
C             F            G
  I wanna be,  I wanna be  going 
back


      F                         C
You only get to heaven if you chase 
your dreams
            F                   
Let the paparazzi flash, let the 
    C
tabloid scream
       F                         
I've been around too long to care 
         C
what anyone says
       G                           
I'm hungry and I'm doing lunch with
    G
 Cameron Diaz



         C                     F
South America she's got that tango 
look
         C                     F
South America she'll read you like a
 book
C            F             G
  I wanna be,  I wanna be  going 
back

Bridge (lots of classic BB harmonies
 and layering here - this is basic!)
     F            C         
It rolls off my tongue like a 
    F        C
magical phrase

                     (gimmie that, 
gimmie that south america - sung 
over)
    F       C            G
A simple translation translates and 
conveys
G               G          
Gimme that, gimme that, South 
      G
American girl


      C      F          C      F
Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo
C            F             G
  I wanna be,  I wanna be  where 
it's at

(Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo
 sung over)
        C             F
South America I'm not on some trip
        C             F
South America I just long for a ship
C                F               
   A sailing boat  or anything 
          G
that floats Going back


C           F
 Ooo oo oo bop south american
C           F
 Ooo oo oo bop south american
C           F                 G
 Ooo oo oo bop south american girl

        C               F
South America well you know I would
        C            F
South America if I only could
C            F           G
  I wanna be, I wanna be going back