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Going Back To Okinawa Chords

Music by: Ry Cooder
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[Verse 1]
[G](Ry[D] Co[G]oder)
Goin' back down [C]to Okinawa
Sorry, baby, but I can't [G]take you
You better stay at home in Cali[C]forni[G]a
[D]There's nothing over there
that you can [G]do

[Verse 2]
Goin' back down [G]to [C]Okinawa
Ain't gonna do me like
you've done before
[G]They treat me like a king
down in Okinawa
[D]And I may never come back [G]no

[Interlude 1]
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[G][C][G]
[D][C][G]
[C]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
It's just an island [G]floating
in the [C]sun
Everybody is having so much [G]fun
Pretty mamas laying in the [C]sand[D]
Sure to know how to treat
your [G]man

[Verse 4]
Okinawian baby, won't [G]you
come by [C]me ?
Sun going down in the Chin[G]a Sea
Making love on the beach
all [D]night
Okinawa moon is shining so [G]bright

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][G]
[D][G]
[Em][G][C][G][C]
[G][D][C]
[G]

[Verse 5]
Folks in [G]Okinawa sure [C]have fun
They get to[G]gether [C]when the
working day [G]is done
Drinking cheap wine. and making romance
[D]While some old man's
doing [G]the Okina dance

[Verse 6]
Back in the days of [G]World [C]War II
Fought against the [G]Japanese
[C]like me and [G]you
Everybody's worried 'bout
World [D]War III
Okinawa's just the place where I'm gonna
[G]be

[Interlude 3]
[G][C]
[G][D][G]
[C]
[G][D]
[G][C]
[G][D]
[G][C][G]

[Verse 7]
[G]Going back to Okinawa
Sorry, but I can't take you
Never coming back no more,
[C][G]
[C]bab[G]y

[Outro 1]
[D][G][G]
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