G 320003
G7 323001
G6 320000
G13 323000
C7 x32310
C6 x37xxx (short riff at "rock and roll beautiful")
C7 x353xx (short riff at "rock and roll beautiful")
F7 131211
F13 131231
F9 10101x
[Intro Riff, and all over the song]
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G|-10h12-/14-14---12---12-10h12-|-/14-14-14-12-----------------|
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[Verse 1]
CC7sus2
Me walkin' alone, me bring jug o' rum
CC7sus2
Me sit down on the sea shore till dee boat she come
FF7sus2
Is long dee night, is quiet dee dock
CC7sus2
The boat a little late she do at 12 o'clock
FF7sus2
Me watch dee tide come easy in
GG6G13G7
Is low dee moon, but high dee wind
[Chorus]
C7C6C11C7C6C11
Jamaica moon, Jamaica moon
[Verse 2]
CC7sus2
Me was so alone, me couldn't help but open dee rum
CC7sus2
So long maybe dee wait until dee boat she come
FF7sus2
Me girl she love me she come back for me
CC7sus2
We set sail in dee morning, go back across dee sea
FF7sus2
We dock in New York, dee building be so high
GG6G13G7
She promised me dee honeymoon be so near dee sky
[Chorus]
C7C6C11C7C6C11
Jamaica moon, Jamaica moon
[Verse 3]
CC7sus2
Me still alone, me sip on dee rum
CC7sus2
Me head began to tell me that dee boat no come
FF7sus2
To bring me me love, bring me me ting, ting, ting
CC6C7C7sus2
She rock and roll beautiful, she dance and sing
FF7sus2
She hold me close and she touch me lip
GG6G13G7
Me eyes they close, and me heart she go flip
[Chorus]
C7C6C11C7C6C11
Jamaica moon, Jamaica moon
[Verse 4]
CC7sus2
Me lay down a little woosey, me been drinking dee rum
CC7sus2
Jamaica moon please tell me that dee boat will come
FF7sus2
She no can be me bride if she came to play
CC7sus2
Me have to let her go but me body say stay
FF7sus2
Me lay down on dee dock, was so good dee rum
GG6G13G7
Me fall asleep at noon here when de boat she come
[Chorus]
C7C6C11C7C6C11
Jamaica moon, Jamaica moon
[Verse 5]
CC7sus2
At twelve she come, till dawn she roam
CC7sus2
They tell me that she look and wait and cry and go back home
FF7sus2
Dee boat whistle blow, me open me eyes
CC7sus2
So bright was dee sun, blue Jamaica sky
F7F13F9
Down the pier me run, dee boat I still can see
GG6G13G7
Sailing fast away with me bride to be
[Chorus]
C7C6C11C7C6C11
Jamaica moon, Jamaica moon
[Verse 6]
CC7sus2
Now me broken heart is sailing on that boat she on
CC7sus2
Me see dee water trailing but dee boat she gone
FF7sus2
Me missed me bride to be, now me head low hung
CC7sus2
Me sleep too long, no more me touch dee rum
FF7sus2
Is so dry me throat, me no more can sing
GG6G13G7
Me miss me bride to be, no have no ting ting
[Chorus]
C7C6C11C7C6C11
Jamaica moon, me loved one she gone
C7C6C11C7C6C11C7
Me walking back home, me still all alone