B G#m B G#m
B G#m
McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
B G#m
Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall
Emaj7 G#m
‪Say it to me, if you got something to confess
B G#m
I heard all about it, he was going down slow ‬
B G#m
‪I heard it on, the wireless radio ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪From down in the boondocks way down in Key West ‬
B G#m
‪I’m searching for love, for inspiration ‬
B G#m
‪On that pirate radio station
Emaj7 G#m
‪Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest ‬
B G#m
‪Radio signal’s clear as can be
B G#m
‪I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West
Emaj7
‪Key West is the place to be ‬
B G#m
‪If you’re looking for immortality ‬
B G#m
‪Stay on the road, follow the highway sign ‬
Emaj7
‪Key West is fine and fair, ‬
B G#m
‪If you lost your mind, you will find it there
Emaj7 G#m
‪Key West is on the horizon line
B G#m
‪I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
B G#m
‪Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
Emaj7 G#m
‪Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest ‬
B G#m
‪Well, it might not be the thing to do ‬
B G#m
‪But I’m sticking with you through and through ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
B G#m
‪I got both of my feet planted square on the ground ‬
B G#m
‪Got my right hand high, with the thumb down ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪Such is life, such is happiness
B G#m
‪Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here
B G#m
‪If you wear one, put it behind your ear
Emaj7 G#m
‪Down in the bottom, way down in Key West ‬
Emaj7
‪Key West is the place to go
B G#m
‪Down by the Gulf of Mexico ‬
B G#m
‪Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands
Emaj7
‪Key West is the gateway key ‬
B G#m
‪to innocence and purity ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪Key West, Key West is the enchanted land
B G#m
‪I’ve never lived in the land of Oz ‬
B G#m
‪Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed
B G#m
‪China blossoms of a toxic plant ‬
B G#m
‪They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't
Emaj7 G#m
‪Down in the flat lands way down in Key West ‬
B G#m
‪Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees
B G#m
‪They can give you that bleeding heart disease
Emaj7 G#m
‪People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness ‬
B G#m
‪On Newton Street, Bay view Park ‬
B G#m
‪Walking in the shadow after dark ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪Down under, way down in Key West ‬
B G#m
‪I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
B G#m
‪I know all the Hindu rituals ‬
Emaj7 G#m
‪People tell me that I’m truly blessed ‬
B G#m
Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring
B G#m
Winter here is an unknown thing
Emaj7 G#m
Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
Emaj7 B G#m
Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun
B G#m
You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right
Emaj7 B G#m
Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind
Emaj7 G#m
Key West, Key West is the land of light
B G#m
Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
B G#m
I’m not that far, before I come back home
Emaj7 G#m
I do what I think is right, what I think is best
B G#m
History street off off Mallory Square
B G#m
Truman had his White House there
Emaj7 G#m
East bound, west bound, way down in Key West
B G#m
Twelve years old, they put me in a suit
B G#m
Forced me to marry a prostitute
Emaj7 G#m
There were gold fringes on her wedding dress
B G#m
That’s my story, but not where it ends
B G#m
She’s still cute, and we’re still friends
Emaj7 G#m
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
B G#m
I play both sides against the middle
B G#m
Tryin’ to pick up that pirate radio signal
Emaj7 G#m
I heard the news, I heard your last request
B G#m
Fly around my pretty little Miss
B G#m
I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
Emaj7 G#m
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
Emaj7
Key West is the place to be
B G#m
If you’re looking for immortality
B G#m
Key West is paradise divine
Emaj7
Key West is fine and fair
B G#m
If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there
Emaj7 G#m
Key West is on the horizon line
B G#m B G#m
Emaj7 G#m B G#m
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