Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: E
🎸 Intro:
E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
E Emaj7 Dmaj7
🎸 Verse 1:
Cmaj7 E G#m A
You’ve been begging for a vacation you’ve had aspirations of a destination you wanna go together
B E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I'll be honest with you works been hard can barely pay off the car to get me there
E G#m A
Baby not all hope is lost there’s a white bottle of rum with two palms on the label
Amaj7
Sitting on the table
B E Emaj7
I know it's not what you had in mind but why not mix a drink to pass the time with me
🎸 Chorus:
E7 A D A
We can take a trip to Malibu
E Emaj7
And waste away the afternoon
D
We can take our time
B
We can take all night
E Emaj7
Goin one sip at a time
E7 A
Baby don't start the car
E Emaj7
Give me one more new start
D
Baby take off your shoes
B
We got nothing to do
E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
Let's take a trip to Malibu
🎸 Verse 2:
E G#m A
So I grabbed a glass and poured it fast cause the forecast says there’s love on the line
B E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
Poured a drink for me and you next thing you know we’re on a beach in the living room
E G#m
I think you know how the story goes the bottle kept turning
A Amaj7
And the lights turned way down low turned off the TV show
B E Emaj7 E7
Making love under a ceiling fan but in my mind we’re in the california sand
🎸 Chorus:
A E Emaj7
Beneath the stars of Malibu and the bluest of moons nowhere else
D
I'd rather be with you next to me
B Emaj7 E7
Than by an imaginary sea
A
And baby who knew
E Emaj7
That all I had to do
D
To make it up to you
B
And start anew
E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
Was take a trip to Malibu
🎸 Outro:
E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
Take a trip down to Malibu
E Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
Song History
Published: March 8, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025