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Song

Mamaloi

Doobie Brothers

Tab by:omanyen@fusemail.com

INTRO:/=slide up \=slide down h=hammer p=pull off

D G D D

--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
-3--10--8p7---------|--------8p7---------|-3--10--8p7---------|
-------------9p7----|-4--6--------9p7----|-------------9p7----|
------------------7-|-5--7-------------7-|------------------7-|
-5--12--------------|--------------------|-5--12--------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

G A/G D

---------------------------10---|  A/G= 0
-----3--------5----------7------|       2
---4--------6----------7--------|       0
-5--------7----------7----------|       2
-------------------9------------|       0
--------------------------------|       x

1st VERSE:

D

Laid back, sittin' in the sunshine

G D

Hot wind, drink a little rum wine

D

Straw hat, down upon my eyes,

G A/G D

Watchin' the world go by.

D

Music, it start my toes a tappin',

G D

Drum beat, it set my hands a clappin',

D

Rum wine, it get my head a spinnin',

G A/G D

turnin' around and around.

CHORUS:

G D

Carribean current please take me,

G D

I hear you callin' me home,

G D

Got to get back to Jamaica,

G D

I want to roam no more,

G D

Carribean current please take me,

G D

I hear you callin' me home,

G D

Got to get back to Jamaica,

( Fill-in Run )

------------------------------------------|
-8--7-------------------------------------|
-------9--7-------------------------------|
-------------9--7------0h2h3--0--------0--|
-------------------9-------------2--0-----|
------------------------------------------|

2nd VERSE:

D

Gypsy, she say I got the fever,

G D

I don't know whether to believe her,

D

But when the wind blow from the sea,

G A/G D

My soul start to fly away,

D

She give me charm that will protect me,

G D

Necklace with stone from far across the sea,

D

But island magic much too strong,

G A/G D

It won't let me go this time.

( CHORUS )

( Fill-in Run )

-3--2-----------------2-|
-0--3-----------------3-|
-0--2-----------------2-|

-0--0--0h2h3p0--------0-| Repeat this sequence 8 times with the

-2--------------2--0----| Bass doubling after the 4th time.
-3----------------------|
-10p7p0-------------------------------------2--|
---------10-7-------------------------------3--|
---------------10\9p7-----------------------2--|
-----------------------9\\---0h2h3p0--------0--|
--------------------------------------2--0-----|
-----------------------------------------------|

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