African Friend Chords & Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett
African Friend
guitar chords lyrics
Another one for all you Parrotheads!!
By Jimmy Buffett
AFRICAN FRIEND
D
Disembarking at Duvalier airport
A7 G D
Seeking transportation to town
D
As the purple ink dried on his passport
A7 G D
He could still feel the eyes look around.
D
Messieur ou y est casino?
A7 G D
He spoke to the cabbie and smiled
D
The driver replied: vieux ou noveaux?
A7 G D
As he motioned the dark man inside.
Fm D
Business in Aruba concluded
E7 A
He now had a little money to spend
G A7 D
That's how I came to meet my African friend.
D
We were rolling the bones several hours
A7 G D
Conversing as most gamblers do
D
We were calling on all of our powers
A7 G D
Hoping to see the night through.
D G D
But not approving at all of our winnings
A7 G D
The pit boss he tugged at his sleeve
D
Through the whole thing my new friend was grinning
A7 G D
Then he motioned it's time we should leave.
Fm D
With our night at the tables behind us
E7 A
We were ready just to do it again
G A7 D
That's when I came to know my African friend.
D
But I woke up on the steps of a whorehouse
A7 G D
A soldier told me I'd better leave
D
As I stumbled to find me a taxi
A7 G D
I saw a note pinned to my sleeve.
D G D
It was a pleasure and a hell of an evenin
A7 G D
Truly was our night to win
D
But the authorities insist on my leaving
A7 G D
Take care my American friend.
Fm D
With my weekend at Haiti concluded
E7 A
I now had a little money to spend
G A7 D
That's when I came to meet my African friend
G A7 D
That's how I came to know another good friend.
