Twenty-Six Miles:The Four Preps:
#2 in 1958.
CHORUS:
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Twenty-six miles across the sea,
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Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me.
C Am7 Dm7 G C
Santa Catalina, the island of romance,
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romance, romance, romance.
#1.
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Water all around it everywhere,
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Tropical trees and the salty air.
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But for me the thing that's a-waitin' there..romance.
#2.
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It seems so distant, twenty-six miles away.
F G C
Restin' in the water, serene.
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I'd work for anyone, even the Navy,
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Who would float me to my island dream.
#3.
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Twenty- six miles, so near, yet far.
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I'd swim with just some water-wings and my guitar.
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I could leave the wings but I'll need the guitar
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for romance, romance, romance, romance.
CHORUS:
#4.
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A tropical heaven out in the ocean.
F G C
Covered with trees and girls.
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If I have to swim, I'll do it forever,
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Till I'm gazin' on those island pearls.
#5.
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Forty kilometers in a leaky old boat.
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Any old thing that'll stay afloat.
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When we arrive we'll all promote
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romance, romance, romance, romance.
CHORUS:
ADD:
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Twenty-six miles across the sea.
C Am7 F G
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me.(x2)(Fade)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
