ARTIST: Jimmy Buffett
TITLE: Margaritaville
Lyrics and Chords


Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watching the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strumming my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp, they're beginning to boil

/ D - - - / - - A - / - - - - / - - D D7 /

{Refrain}
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know, it's nobody's fault

/ G A D D7 / / G A DA G / A G D - /

I don't know the reason
I stayed here all season
Nothing to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty
A Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue

{Refrain}
...Now I think, Hell, it could be my fault

I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on

{Refrain}
...But I know it's my own damned fault

Yes and some people claim that there's a woman to blame
And I know it's my own damned fault

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