A# Gm A# Gm
A# Gm
McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
A# Gm
Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall
D#maj7 Gm
‪Say it to me, if you got something to confess
A# Gm
I heard all about it, he was going down slow ‬
A# Gm
‪I heard it on, the wireless radio ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪From down in the boondocks way down in Key West ‬
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‪I’m searching for love, for inspiration ‬
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‪On that pirate radio station
D#maj7 Gm
‪Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest ‬
A# Gm
‪Radio signal’s clear as can be
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‪I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West
D#maj7
‪Key West is the place to be ‬
A# Gm
‪If you’re looking for immortality ‬
A# Gm
‪Stay on the road, follow the highway sign ‬
D#maj7
‪Key West is fine and fair, ‬
A# Gm
‪If you lost your mind, you will find it there
D#maj7 Gm
‪Key West is on the horizon line
A# Gm
‪I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
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‪Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
D#maj7 Gm
‪Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest ‬
A# Gm
‪Well, it might not be the thing to do ‬
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‪But I’m sticking with you through and through ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
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‪I got both of my feet planted square on the ground ‬
A# Gm
‪Got my right hand high, with the thumb down ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪Such is life, such is happiness
A# Gm
‪Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here
A# Gm
‪If you wear one, put it behind your ear
D#maj7 Gm
‪Down in the bottom, way down in Key West ‬
D#maj7
‪Key West is the place to go
A# Gm
‪Down by the Gulf of Mexico ‬
A# Gm
‪Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands
D#maj7
‪Key West is the gateway key ‬
A# Gm
‪to innocence and purity ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪Key West, Key West is the enchanted land
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‪I’ve never lived in the land of Oz ‬
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‪Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed
A# Gm
‪China blossoms of a toxic plant ‬
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‪They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't
D#maj7 Gm
‪Down in the flat lands way down in Key West ‬
A# Gm
‪Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees
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‪They can give you that bleeding heart disease
D#maj7 Gm
‪People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness ‬
A# Gm
‪On Newton Street, Bay view Park ‬
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‪Walking in the shadow after dark ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪Down under, way down in Key West ‬
A# Gm
‪I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
A# Gm
‪I know all the Hindu rituals ‬
D#maj7 Gm
‪People tell me that I’m truly blessed ‬
A# Gm
Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring
A# Gm
Winter here is an unknown thing
D#maj7 Gm
Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
D#maj7 A# Gm
Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun
A# Gm
You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right
D#maj7 A# Gm
Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind
D#maj7 Gm
Key West, Key West is the land of light
A# Gm
Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
A# Gm
I’m not that far, before I come back home
D#maj7 Gm
I do what I think is right, what I think is best
A# Gm
History street off off Mallory Square
A# Gm
Truman had his White House there
D#maj7 Gm
East bound, west bound, way down in Key West
A# Gm
Twelve years old, they put me in a suit
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Forced me to marry a prostitute
D#maj7 Gm
There were gold fringes on her wedding dress
A# Gm
That’s my story, but not where it ends
A# Gm
She’s still cute, and we’re still friends
D#maj7 Gm
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
A# Gm
I play both sides against the middle
A# Gm
Tryin’ to pick up that pirate radio signal
D#maj7 Gm
I heard the news, I heard your last request
A# Gm
Fly around my pretty little Miss
A# Gm
I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
D#maj7 Gm
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
D#maj7
Key West is the place to be
A# Gm
If you’re looking for immortality
A# Gm
Key West is paradise divine
D#maj7
Key West is fine and fair
A# Gm
If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there
D#maj7 Gm
Key West is on the horizon line
A# Gm A# Gm
D#maj7 Gm A# Gm
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