Barbados (1975)      (midi)

 

(spoken with underlying C - F: ) Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Tobias Willcock,

welcoming you aboard Coconut Airways Flight 372 to

Bridgetown, Barbados. We will be flying at an height 32.000 feet

and at an air speed of approximately 600 miles per hour.

Refreshments will be served aftertake-off. Kindly fasten you safety belts

and refrain From smoking until the aircraft is airborne.

 

     C                               F            C                          F

Whoa, I'm going to Barbados, whoa, backa to the palm trees.

     C                                      F                 C                                            F

Whoa, I'm going to see my girl friend, whoa, in the sunny Caribbean Sea.

 

        C                                          F

1. I don't want to be a bus driver all my life,

             C                                            - F

    I've seen too much of Brixton town      in the night.

     G                              Em,                     F    - Dm                  G   - G7

    Fly away on Coconut Airways, fly me high,        Barbados sky.

 

        C                               F

2. I look up the sky and I see the clouds,

        C                                              F

    I look down at the ground and I see the rain go down the drain.

     G                              Em,                     F    - Dm                   G   - G7

    Fly away on Coconut Airways, fly me high,         Barbados sky.

 

                              C                                          - F

3. + CHORUS      Far away from London Town      and the rain,

           C                               - F

    it's really very nice to be          home again.

   G                                       Em,                       F - Dm                     G - G7

Mary Jane met the Coconut Airplane, now I know      she loves me so.

 

+ CHORUS   + (spoken with underlying  Am - D)Ladies and gentlemen,

 we are now commencing our approach to Bridgetown, Barbados.

The weather is fine with a maximum temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

The sky is blue and the palm trees are really cool. Captain

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Willcock and his crew hope you have had a pleasant flight and that you

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will fly Coconut Airways again.  

 

+ CHORUS (3x) …    (Typically Tropical)