South American chords by Brian Wilson

Intro:


C      F
C      F
C      F
F      G



Verse 1:


      F                        C
Got a letter from a long lost cousin of mine

           F                             C
Who owns a little piece of heaven in the Argentine

       F                         C
It's a different planet, it's a different place

             G
He calls it out of this world without traveling to space


Verse 2:

     F                     C
It's not just a lesson in geography

    F                      C
No equation to unravel algebraically

     F                              C
It's written in the wind and on the tropical sea

      G
From south of the equator it keeps callin' to me


Chorus:

        C               F
South American, well you know I would

        C             F           C
South American, if I only could

           F            G
I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at

        C               F
South American, I'd go anywhere

        C             F                    C
South American, somebody take me there

           F           G
I wanna be, I wanna be going back


Verse 3:

    F                         C
You only get to heaven if you chase your dreams

        F                        C
Let the paparazzi flash, let the tabloid scream

      F                                 C
I've been around too long to care what anyone says

    G
I'm hungry and I'm doing lunch with Cameron Diaz


Chorus:

        C                      F
South American she's got that tango look

        C                      F            C
South American she'll read you like a book

           F            G
I wanna be, I wanna be going back

Bridge:

   Am           G              Dm      C
It rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase

   Am          G
A simple translation this message conveys

 G
Gimme that, gimme that South American girl

       C               F
A-woah ay oh, a-way oh

       C               F      C
A-woah ay oh, a-way oh

           F             G
I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at


Chorus:

        C               F
South American I'm not on some trip

        C               F              C
South American I just long for a ship

               F
A sailing boat or anything that floats

  G
Going back


Outro:

C         F
Ooooooooh ah South America

C         F
Ooooooooh ah South America

C         F                  G
Ooooooooh ah South American girl

        C               F                   To fade:
South American, well you know I would

        C             F           C
South American, if I only could

           F            G
I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at