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C                             Am
  McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
                       C                    Am
Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall
             Fmaj7                           Am
‪Say it to me, if you got something to confess
                  C                     Am
I heard all about it, he was going down slow ‬
             C                Am
‪I heard it on, the wireless radio ‬
                     Fmaj7                Am
‪From down in the boondocks way down in Key West ‬


                      C                Am
‪I’m searching for love, for inspiration ‬
C                         Am
  ‪On that pirate radio station
                   Fmaj7             Am
‪Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest ‬
C                           Am
‪Radio signal’s clear as can be
                   C                     Am
‪I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see ‬
            Fmaj7                   Am
‪Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West


Fmaj7
‪Key West is the place to be ‬
          C                Am
‪If you’re looking for immortality ‬
C                                    Am
‪Stay on the road, follow the highway sign ‬
Fmaj7
‪Key West is fine and fair, ‬
       C                        Am
‪If you lost your mind, you will find it there
         Fmaj7             Am
‪Key West is on the horizon line


      C                                 Am
‪I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
C                               Am
‪Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
                   Fmaj7                        Am
‪Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest ‬
               C                     Am
‪Well, it might not be the thing to do ‬
        C                                    Am
‪But I’m sticking with you through and through ‬
                       Fmaj7            Am
‪Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West


              C                      Am
‪I got both of my feet planted square on the ground ‬
                      C                    Am
‪Got my right hand high, with the thumb down ‬
             Fmaj7         Am
‪Such is life, such is happiness
         C                                 Am
‪Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here
                C                      Am
‪If you wear one, put it behind your ear
                   Fmaj7                Am
‪Down in the bottom, way down in Key West ‬


Fmaj7
‪Key West is the place to go
C                       Am
‪Down by the Gulf of Mexico ‬
           C                             Am
‪Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands
Fmaj7
‪Key West is the gateway key ‬
   C                 Am
‪to innocence and purity ‬
                   Fmaj7                 Am
‪Key West, Key West is the enchanted land


C                         Am
‪I’ve never lived in the land of Oz ‬
   C                              Am
‪Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause ‬
                   Fmaj7                Am
‪It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed
C                     Am
‪China blossoms of a toxic plant ‬
         C                                          Am
‪They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't
                 Fmaj7                 Am
‪Down in the flat lands way down in Key West ‬


         C                        Am
‪Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees
         C                                   Am
‪They can give you that bleeding heart disease
              Fmaj7                      Am
‪People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness ‬
   C                  Am
‪On Newton Street, Bay view Park ‬
C                           Am
‪Walking in the shadow after dark ‬
       Fmaj7                Am
‪Down under, way down in Key West ‬


C                                Am
  ‪I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
C                             Am
  ‪I know all the Hindu rituals ‬
              Fmaj7                  Am
‪People tell me that I’m truly blessed ‬
C                             Am
Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring
C                       Am
Winter here is an unknown thing
                 Fmaj7                  Am
Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West


Fmaj7                      C                Am
Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun
    C                                        Am
You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right
Fmaj7                             C                          Am
  Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind
Fmaj7                            Am
  Key West, Key West is the land of light


C                        Am
  Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
    C                      Am
I’m not that far, before I come back home
            Fmaj7                  Am
I do what I think is right, what I think is best
C                      Am
History street off off Mallory Square
C                            Am
  Truman had his White House there
   Fmaj7                         Am
East bound, west bound, way down in Key West


C                        Am
  Twelve years old, they put me in a suit
C                                Am
  Forced me to marry a prostitute
           Fmaj7                       Am
There were gold fringes on her wedding dress
C                        Am
That’s my story, but not where it ends
      C                           Am
She’s still cute, and we’re still friends
Fmaj7                              Am
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West


C                           Am
  I play both sides against the middle
C                                          Am
Tryin’ to pick up that pirate radio signal
               Fmaj7      Am
I heard the news, I heard your last request
C                                 Am
  Fly around my pretty little Miss
             C                      Am
I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
               Fmaj7               Am
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West


Fmaj7
  Key West is the place to be
   C                       Am
If you’re looking for immortality
C                      Am
Key West is paradise divine
Fmaj7
  Key West is fine and fair
       C                      Am
If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there
Fmaj7                      Am
Key West is on the horizon line


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