Brian Wilson - South America - Imagination Album
Capo on 2nd (to play along with the record)
C F
C F C F
Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo
F G G
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 G
He calls it out of this world without traveling to space
F C
It's not just a lesson in geography
F C
No equation to unravel alge- brai - ically
F C
It's written in the wind and on the tropical sea
G G
From south of the equator it keeps callin'to me
C F
South America well you know I would
C F
South America if I only could
C F G
I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at
C F
South America I'd go anywhere
C F
South America somebody take me there
C F G
I wanna be, I wanna be going back
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 G
I'm hungry and I'm doing lunch with Cameron Diaz
C F
South America she's got that tango look
C F
South America she'll read you like a book
C F G
I wanna be, I wanna be going back
Bridge (lots of classic BB harmonies and layering here - this is basic!)
F C F C
It rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase
(gimmie that, gimmie that south america - sung over)
F C G
A simple translation translates and conveys
G G G
Gimme that, gimme that, South American girl
C F C F
Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo
C F G
I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at
(Oh oh wayo ohwayo Oh oh wayo ohwayo sung over)
C F
South America I'm not on some trip
C F
South America I just long for a ship
C F G
A sailing boat or anything that floats Going back
C F
Ooo oo oo bop south american
C F
Ooo oo oo bop south american
C F G
Ooo oo oo bop south american girl
C F
South America well you know I would
C F
South America if I only could
C F G
I wanna be, I wanna be going back
Can't help smiling when you sing this song!
