Margaritaville chords & tabs

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Nibblin on sponge cake, watchin the sun bake, all of those tourist covered 
     A                                                      A7
with oil.  Strummin my six string, on my front porch swing, smell those 
                         D      D7
shrimp they're beginnin' to boil.
G      A                   D       D7  G              A               D   D7
Wastin away again in Margaritaville,   searchin for my lost shaker of salt.
G            A                    D  A     G            A
Some peolple claim that there's a woman to blame, but I know, it's nobody's
D
fault.
D
Don't know the reason, I stayed here all season.  Nothin to show but this 
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brand new tattoo.  But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie, how it got here 

Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Song: Margaritaville
Tabbed by: Unlockitall (unlockital1@aim.com)

Tuning: Regular (EADGBE)
*I know this is shortened, there is some gone from the middle, but it's pretty much the same
Also its not how it goes in the real song, but its the melody*

e|--3-  This is a G chord thats played in the song
B|--0-
G|--0-
D|--0-
A|--2-
E|--3-

e|--3-3-3-1--3-----3-3-3-1--3--------0--0--0-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|

This song can be played two ways, the easy way is played on only the b string and is a
easier but doesnt sound completely correct. To me this version is good and isnt on this
yet
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e|--5------5-----5-----3------5------|--5-----5-----5---3-----5--|
B|--7------7-----7-----5------7------|--7-----7-----7---5-----7--|
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|

e|-7-------7-----7-----5------3------|-2--(whole note)-----------|
B|-8-------8-----8-----7------5------|-3-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-2-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-0-------------------------|

e|--5--5--5--3—-5----5--5--5--3--2-----5--5--7--5--5—-3—-2—-0--|
B|--7--7--7--5--7----7--7--7--5--3-----7--7--8—-7--7—-5—-3—-2--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--7--7--10--10—-9----9---9---9---9-----2--5--5--2—-7—-5—-3-—2—-3—-2----|
B|--8--8--12--12--10- -10--10--10--10---------------------------------3--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|--3--3--3--2—-0----2--2--2--0--------------------------------|

there are two ways to play the intro, chords, and strings ill show you both ways....

the first way ill show you is the chords

D Dsus G A

there are the chords figure out the strumming your self.

now here are is the tab for the intro

intro:

|-2-2-2-0-2---2-2-2-0-2--3-3-3-2-0--------|
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Margaritaville Tab by Jimmy Buffett :
Jimmy Buffett

-Margaritaville

tabbed by Joe



standard tuning ( EADGBe )



Intro- ( this intro is easy and fun to play) i wont put the rythem
because you can listen to the song and find it easy.

Jimmy Buffett:Margaritaville
Tabbed By Dave Wachala csoul@mail.com


Nibblin on...
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I--------4-5--5-5-----7--7-7----I-------7-7-------7-7-------7--7--I
I-5--5-5-----------5---------7--I-5---5-----5---5-----5---5-------I
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...Covered with oil....
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I-------7-7-------7-7-------7--7-------7-7-------7-7-------------I
I-5---5-----5---5-----5---5------5---5-----5---5-----5---5-5--4--I
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...Strumming...                       ...The smell...
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