Caribbean chords by Hank Snow

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G
Have you ever been down to Haiti
                D7D7
When the summer sun was sinking low
D7D7
There's nothing but romance just ever where you glance
                G+G
And the native hearts are all a glow

[Verse 2}
G+G
But when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene
                  C majorC
They all stare like a statue out of stone
               G+G
And when they realize what's before their eyes
     D7D7         G+G
The other girls are left all alone

Verse 3:
G+G
Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seeing
                      D7D7
When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm
D7D7
But from miles away you can see her sway
                     G+G
To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms

Verse 4:
G+G
Up in a tree so high, way up in the sky
               D7D7
Sits a wide-eyed monkey on a limb
D7D7
He wonders why the people go to so much trouble
            G+G
Just to try to be like him

Verse 5:
d7
He doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand
               C majorC
That makes a heart feel so sublime
                G+G
But before too long he starts singing the song
      D7D7        G+G
And then he gets in the Conga line

Instrumental:

Verse 6:
G+G
Columbus searched for spices but he missed the nicest
         D7D7
Part of the Caribbean
D7D7
He didn't see the charms and the open arms
              G+G
It was the gold that he was seeing

Verse 7:
G+G
Oh but I'm glad he missed the sweetest thing I've kissed
            C majorC
Cause we're on our honeymoon
              G+G
I'm so sorry Chris to talk about you like this
    D7D7             G+G
But you were five-hundred years too soon

{Repeat]
repeat 3,4 and 5]


Verse 3:
G+G
Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seeing
                      D7D7
When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm
D7D7
But from miles away you can see her sway
                     G+G
To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms

Verse 4:
G+G
Up in a tree so high, way up in the sky
               D7D7
Sits a wide-eyed monkey on a limb
D7D7
He wonders why the people go to so much trouble
            G+G
Just to try to be like him

Verse 5:
d7
He doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand
               C majorC
That makes a heart feel so sublime
                G+G
But before too long he starts singing the song
      D7D7        G+G
And then he gets in the Conga line