Girl From Spanish Town chords by Marty Robbins

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F F# F

Verse 1:

F      F#   F
Past the Gulf Of Mexico is an island where
       F#        F
I lived and loved a long time ago
          F#       F
Disappointed in love I decided to roam
 F#
Sad was the day that I sailed far away from
  F
my home

F        C
Every dream I dream takes me again
F              Bb
To the island down in the Carribean
 F         C          F C
Back to happiness and my Spanish Town home
 F          C
To the brown skinned girl that's causin' me
F         Bb
To be filled with grief and misery
F          C         F
If she takes me back I will never more roam

Chorus:

Bb
Brown skinned girl from Spanish town lives
F7
in my heart
                 Bb
I've tried to forget her but how do I start
                 F7
Constantly she's on my mind both night and

day
                 Bb  C
I've known only sorrow since I sailed away


Verse 2:

F         C
Let the tide and trade winds carry me
F        Bb
To the girl I want to marry me
F          C
I can't live alone just on mem'ries I've
F  C
known
F         C
I'm just like a bird that dosen't sing
 F           Bb
Like a seagull with a broken wing
 F          C        F
Take me off of this ship let me go home

Chorus:

Bb
Brown skinned girl from Spanish town lives
F7
in my heart
                 Bb
I've tried to forget her but how do I start
                 F7
Constantly she's on my mind both night and

day
                 Bb  C F
I've known only sorrow since I sailed away


Ending:
F


both night and day

I've known only sorrow since I sailed away