Verse 1:FBbF
It's you and me on a beach/ In nineteen-ninety eight
BbDmBbF
Leaning into the breeze/ From the willows and rivermen grace
AmBbFC
Are reborn in this place/ I'm assured the procedure is painless
FBbF
The taxicab with no brakes/ around the mountain pass
BbDmBbF
Keep your head in your hands/ if anybody askes what you mean when
AmBbFC
You were picking a fight/ you were only complimenting the waitress
Chorus 1:AmBb
Give us a room, with a mountain view:
FCFCBb
A tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
CFBb
Got a rental for an hour or two, for a ride up the coast
CF
And a dip in the ocean.
(Repeat Intro)
Verse 2:FBbF
The waterfront is alight/ with Citronella flame
BbDm
Tourists flash in the night/ from the grottoes and
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Gathering now on the heel-worn planks for a drunken
C
Form another, a mumble (?)
FBbF
And lovers paddle a boat/ on the molten bay
BbDm
Peering into the the reeds/ on a ripple
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And playing it cool/ in a bar by the pool
FC
With a Caribbean Kiss Amaretto
Chorus 2:AmBb
Give us a room, with a mountain view:
FCFCBb
A tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
CFBb
Got a rental for an hour or two, for a ride up the coast
CF
And a dip in the ocean.
(Repeat intro)
Bridge: AmBb
Get a load of the light in the trees and the
FCFC
Sweet decay on the maritime breeze
DmCBb
The sun's hitching on a weather balloon
C
And the heat of the tarmac
GCF
Burning a hole in a gold afternoon
(Solo- variation on the intro/verse)
Chorus 3:AmBb
Give us a room, with a mountain view:
FCFCBb
A tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
CFBb
Got a rental for an hour or two, and a bottle and cooler
CFCBb
With some maps and a big brown towel
AmDm
It's a beater, but today will do
BbCF
For a ride up the coast, and a dip in the ocean.
Outro:FBbFBb
In the ocean
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In the ocean