Caribbean Wind Chords

🎸 Verse 1: G Bm She was well rehearsed, fair brown and blonde Em C She had friends who was busboys and friends in the Pentagon G Bm/F# Em D C Playin' a show in Miami in the theater of divine comedy. 🎸 Verse 2: G Bm Talked in the shadows where they talked in the rain Em C I could tell she was still feelin' the pain G Bm/F# Em D C Pain of rejection, pain of infidelity. 🎸 Verse 3: G Bm Was she a child or a woman? I can't say which Em C One to another she could easily switch. G Bm/F# Em D C Couples were dancin' an' i lost track of the hours.

🎸 Verse 4: G Bm He was well prepared, i knew he was Em C Paying attention like a rattlesnake does G Bm/F# Em D C When he's hearin' footsteps tramplin' over his flowers. 🎸 Chorus 1: F G C F And that Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico F G C From the circle of ice to the furnace of desire. F G C F An' them distant ships of liberty on 'em iron waves so bold and free F C G Bringing everything that's near to me, nearer to the fire. 🎸 Instrumental: Em A Em B7 Em A B7 A E 🎸 Verse 5: G Bm She looked into my soul through the clothes that i wore Em C She said, "We got a mutual friend standin' at the door. G Bm/F# Em D C Yeah, you know he's got our best interest in mind.” 🎸 Verse 6: G Bm He was well connected, but her heart was a snare Em C And she had left him to die in there G Bm/F# Em D C Here were payments due and he was a little behind. 🎸 Verse 7: G Bm Well i slept in a hotel where flies buzz my head Em C Ceiling fan was broken, there was heat in my bed G Bm/F# Em D C Street band playin', "Nearer My God To Thee.” 🎸 Verse 8: G Bm We met in secret where we drank from a spring Em C She said, "I know what you're thinkin', but there ain't a thing G Bm/F# Em D C We can do about it, so we might as well let it be.” 🎸 Chorus 2: F G C F The Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico F G C From the circle of ice to the furnace of desire. F G C F An' them distant ships of liberty on 'em iron waves so bold and free F C G Bringing everything that's near to me, nearer to the fire. 🎸 Instrumental: Em A Em B7 Em A B7 A E 🎸 Verse 9: G Bm Atlantic City, two years to the day Em C I hear a voice cryin', "Daddy” and i looked that way G Bm/F# Em D C But it's only the silence on the buttermilk hills that call. 🎸 Verse 10: G Bm Every new messenger bringin' evil reports Em C 'Bout riotin' armies and time that is short G Bm/F# Em D C An' earthquakes and train wrecks and hate words scribbled on walls. 🎸 Verse 11: G Bm Would i have married her? I don't know i suppose Em C She had bells in her braids and they hung to her toes G Bm/F# Em D C But i heard my mirrored destiny said to be movin' on. 🎸 Verse 12: G Bm And i felt it come over me, some kind of gloom Em C For the sake of "Come on with me girl, i got plenty of room.” G Bm/F# Em D C But i knew i'd be lyin' and besides she had already gone. 🎸 Chorus 3: F G C F And that Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico F G C Circle of ice to the furnace of desire. F G C F And them busy ships of liberty on 'em iron waves so bold and free F C G Bringing everything that's near to me, nearer to the fire. 🎸 Instrumental: Em A Em B7 Em A B7 A E