Check this out - apologies if any bits are wrong (but I ve been told it was spot on!)
JIMMY BUFFETT: JAMAICA MISTACA
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Intro:- Bm, A, Bm X2
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Bm, G, A X2
Bm, A, G, A X2
Verse:-
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Some folks say that I ve got the perfect life
[tab]
Three swell kids, lots of toys and a lovely wife[/tab]
(Basically thats it for the verses, just listen to
the rhythm for when to change chords)
Interlude1 - the steel drum bit (do a "Misirlou" type picking here for the 1st time round)
~~~~~~~~~~ (the Pulp Fiction theme for those who don t know the song!)
This bit is repeated twice by the steel drums:
[tab] e |-------------------------------|
b |---3/7/3---3/5/2---2--0--2--3--| (the / means slide)
g |-------------------------------| 3 slide to 7 etc[/tab]
Verse 2 follows - which is basically the same then....
[tab]
Come back, Come back, Back to Jamaica[/tab]
[tab]
Don t you know we made a big mistaka[/tab]
[tab]
We d be so sad, if you told us goodbye[/tab]
[tab]
And we promise not to shoot you out of the sky[/tab]
The interludey bit here is Bm, G, A X2 then Bm, A, G, A X2 which then goes back to the
verse structure. (Same as above) The slide bit follows then the chorus....
The fasty bit is next which is:-
Bm, A, G, F#m, F, D, F, F#m - try the tab here (the bass line) to get the basic rhythm of it:-
[tab]e |--------------------------------------------------------------|
b |--------------------------------------------------------------|
g |--------------------------------------------------------------|
d |--------------------------------------------------------------|
a |--------------------10--10--10--9--9--9--8--8--8--8--5--8--9--|
e |--7--7--7--5--5--5--------------------------------------------|[/tab]
For the above bit - play the chords higher up on the fretboard.
Like the Bm on the 8th fret, the A on the 5th then the G on the 10th and F#m on the 9th etc etc..
I think the solos in B but I ll let ya know bout this later.
The end bit: Promise not to shoot you..... goes:
G, F#m, F, F#m, F, D, Bm - again, play this bit further down the fretboard.
AND THAT S IT - I think.
Jimi_Hendrix
