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Calypso
Words and Music by John Denver, 1975
Verse 1
To sail on a dream on a cr
ystal clear ocean
To r
ide on the crest of a w
ild raging s
torm
To w
ork in the service of l
ife and living
In se
arch of the an
swers to the questions un
known
To be p
art of the movement and p
art of the growing
Amaj7 A Em7/A (open for two bars)
Part of beginning to understand
Chorus
Aye Calypso the p
laces you've been to
The thi
ngs that you've show
n us
The s
tories you t
ell
Aye Calypso, I si
ng to your spirit
The m
en who have se
rved you so l
ong and so w
ell
[Post-Chorus]
Hi - dee - a
y -- ee - oo
o-----
-
do - dle -
oh --- do
do do do
do
do - dle - a
y - ee -
-------
--
do-dle - a
y - ee.
Verse 2
Like the d
olphin who guides you, you
bring us beside you
To l
ight up the darkness and s
how us the w
ay
For t
hough we are strangers in y
our silent world
To
live on the la
nd we must learn from the
sea
To be t
rue as the tide and f
ree as a wind swell
Amaj7 A Em7/A (open for two bars)
Joyful and loving in letting it be
Chorus
Aye Calypso the p
laces you've been to
The thi
ngs that you've show
n us
The s
tories you t
ell
Aye Calypso, I si
ng to your spirit
The m
en who have se
rved you so l
ong and so w
ell
[Post-Chorus]
Hi - dee - a
y -- ee - oo
o-----
-
do - dle -
oh --- do
do do do
do
do - dle - a
y - ee -
-------
--
do-dle - a
y - ee.
Chorus
Aye Calypso the p
laces you've been to
The thi
ngs that you've show
n us
The s
tories you t
ell
Aye Calypso, I si
ng to your spirit
The m
en who have se
rved you so l
ong and so w
ell
Outro
Hi - dee - a
y -- e
e
-
hi-dee o
h
oooo/
oooo/
oooo/o
ooo/oooo/ooooooooooooooooooo
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