Tampico Trauma

@SONG: Tampico Trauma

@CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu)

Tampico Trauma

By: Jimmy Buffett

1977

** At the places notated "5th, 4th, 3rd" stand for an "A" chord

** fingering on that particular fret. Specifically, 5th - |xo555o|

** 4th - |xo444o| 3rd - |xo333o| A - |xo222o|

Intro: (run of) 5th 4th 3rd A (repeat)

5th 4th 3rd A

I must look a mess I must admit

5th 4th 3rd A

But I have been travelling quite a bit

South of the Border

Where the law and order

Is kept by Federales who just grin

5th 4th 3rd A

And tell you they just want to be your friend

(repeat run)

I left for Tampico last July

I jumped off that boat I almost died

There to greet us

Were pretty senoritas

I swore that I would not go home then

(repeat run)

All those lovely ladies were my friends

All those sweet chiquitas they don't pretend

(solo)

(repeat run)

That is all I really want to say

I was thrown out of the country yesterday

(See I was) drinkin' double

Causin' lots of trouble

When the man looked in the window of the bar and he grinned

5th 4th 3rd A

And said, "If you come back we just may not be your friend"

(repeat run)

"I don't want to see you 'round here again"

"If you come back next time we may not..." (Hidy ho' boys!)