Jimmy Buffett – Oysters And Pearls chords

[Verse]
A                       GLindbergh left Long Island in 1927
E       F#m/E   E7Thumbed his nose at gravity
E               AAnd climbed into the heavens
D                               Cmaj7   BmWhen he returned to earth that night everything changed
G               D/F#    D/E             EFor the pilot and the planet, everything was rearranged


[Verse]
AWe’re a pretty mixed up bunch
                GOf crazy human beings
E       F#m/E   E7It’s written on our rocket ships
E               AAnd in early cave wall scenes
DHow does it happen?
Cmaj7           BmHow do we know?
G               DWho sits and watches?
Bm              A/C#Who does the show?


[Chorus]
D               A/C#Some people love to lead
C               G/BAnd some refuse to dance
Gm/Bb   D       A7sus   A7Some play it safely, other’s take a chance
D               A/C#Still it’s all a mystery
Csus            CThis place we call the world
E               F#mWhere most live as oysters
G               AWhile some become pearls


[Verse]
A                               GElvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi
E               F#m/E   E7              E       AWho could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops and hippies.
D                       Cmaj7           BmIt’s something more than DNA that tells us who we are
G               D       Bm      AIt’s method and it’s magic, we are of the stars


[Chorus]
D               A/C#Some never fade away,
C               G/Bsome crash and burn
Gm/Bb           D       A7sus   A7Some make the world go round, other watch it turn
D               A/C#Still it’s all a mystery
Csus            CThis place we call the world
E               F#mMost are fine as oysters
G               AWhile some become pearls

A                            G  Bm ALindbergh left Long Island in 19-2-7