Key West Philosopher Pirate Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) C Am C Am C Am McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled C Am Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall Fmaj7 Am ‪Say it to me, if you got something to confess C Am I heard all about it, he was going down slow ‬ C Am ‪I heard it all, wireless radio ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪From down in the moon dogs way down in Key West ‬ C Am ‪I’m searching for love, for inspiration ‬ C Am ‪On that pirate radio station Fmaj7 Am ‪Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest ‬ C Am ‪Radio signal’s clear as can be C Am ‪I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West

Fmaj7 ‪Key West is the place to be ‬ C Am ‪If you’re looking for immortality ‬ C Am ‪Stay on the road, follow the highway sign ‬ Fmaj7 ‪Key West is fine and fair, ‬ C Am ‪If you lost your mind, you will find it there Fmaj7 Am ‪Key West is on the horizon line C Am ‪I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track C Am ‪Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac Fmaj7 Am ‪Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest ‬ C Am ‪Well, it might not be the thing to do ‬ C Am ‪But I’m sticking with you through and through ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West C Am ‪I got both of my feet planted square on the ground ‬ C Am ‪Got my right hand high, with the thumb down ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪Such is life, such is happiness C Am ‪Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here C Am ‪If you wear one, put it behind your ear Fmaj7 Am ‪Down in the bottom, way down in Key West ‬ Fmaj7 ‪Key West is the place to go C Am ‪Down by the Gulf of Mexico ‬ C Am ‪Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands Fmaj7 ‪Key West is the gateway key ‬ C Am ‪to innocence and purity ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪Key West, Key West is the enchanted land C Am ‪I’ve never lived in the land of Oz ‬ C Am ‪Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed C Am ‪China blossoms of a toxic plant ‬ C Am ‪They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't Fmaj7 Am ‪Down in the flat lands way down in Key West ‬ C Am ‪Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees C Am ‪They can give you that bleeding heart disease Fmaj7 Am ‪People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness ‬ C Am ‪On Newton Street, Bay view Park ‬ C Am ‪Walking in the shadow after dark ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪Down under, way down in Key West ‬ C Am ‪I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals C Am ‪I know all the Hindu rituals ‬ Fmaj7 Am ‪People tell me that I’m truly blessed ‬ C Am Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring C Am Winter here is an unknown thing Fmaj7 Am Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West Fmaj7 C Am Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun C Am You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right Fmaj7 C Am Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind Fmaj7 Am Key West, Key West is the land of light C Am Wherever I travel, wherever I roam C Am I’m not that far, before I come back home Fmaj7 Am I do what I think is right, what I think is best C Am History street off off Mallory Square C Am Truman had his White House there Fmaj7 Am East bound, west bound, way down in Key West C Am Twelve years old, they put me in a suit C Am Forced me to marry a prostitute Fmaj7 Am There were gold fringes on her wedding dress C Am That’s my story, but not where it ends C Am She’s still cute, and we’re still friends Fmaj7 Am Down on the bottom, way down in Key West C Am I play both sides against the middle C Am Trying to pick up the pirate radio signal Fmaj7 Am I heard the news, the heard it last week friends C Am Fly around my pretty little Miss C Am I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss Fmaj7 Am Down on the bottom, way down in Key West Fmaj7 Key West is the place to be C Am If you’re looking for immortality C Am Key West is paradise divine Fmaj7 Key West is fine and fair C Am If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there Fmaj7 Am Key West is on the horizon line C Am C Am Fmaj7 Am C Am C