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Calypso by Suzanne Vega

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Intro:

E  Esus4  E  Esus4   E  Esus4  E  Esus4
 
Verse 1:
E         Esus4         E             Esus4
My name is Calypso, and I have lived alone
E              Esus4     E        Esus4
I live on an island, and I 'waken to the dawn
A           Asus4   A                   Asus4
Long time ago
I watched him struggle with the sea
E             Esus4         E                 Esus4
I knew that he was drowning, and I brought him in to me
Asus4    Asus4      A       A
Now today, come morning light
C               Cmaj7          F#m
He sails away; after one last night,
E          Esus4       E      Esus4
I let him go
 
Verse 2:
E         Esus4         E             Esus4
My name is Calypso; my garden overflows
E         Esus4         E             Esus4
Thick and wild and hidden is the sweetness there that grows
A           Asus4   A                   Asus4
My hair, it blows long as I sing into the wind
E         Esus4         E             Esus4
I tell of nights where I could taste the salt on his skin
C         Cmaj7                               F#m
Salt of the waves and of tears and though he pulled away
E          Esus4
I kept him here for years
E         Esus4            E     Esus4
Now I let him go

Verse 3:
E         Esus4         E             Esus4
My name is Calypso; I have let him go
E         Esus4         E             Esus4
In the dawn he sails away to be gone forever more
A           Asus4   A                   Asus4
And the waves will take him in again, but he'll know their ways know
E         Esus4         E             Esus4
I will stand upon the shore with a clean heart and my song in the wind
C                                  Cmaj7
The sand will sting my feet and the sky will burn
F#m                            E           Esus4
It's a lonely time ahead; I do not ask him to return
E   Esus4       E  Esus4
I let him go; I let him go

Calypso Chords Info

Published: July 21, 2026

Last Updated: July 21, 2026

Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Chords: E, Esus4, A, Asus4, C, Cmaj7, F#m