CAPO III
O -[G/B]le -
a –
na,
via Del
No[E7+]rte,
O [C/E]Cana
da
It was
snowtime, it was
showtime, it
was no time
To be
lost in [B/D#]downtown
Toro[D/F#]nto
It was
wintertime, ’round
dinnertime
I’m
beginning to see that the sunshine [C/E]just doesn’t
want t
o
From a
side street come a
backbeat
P
ulling on me like the
moon pullin’ [B/D#]on the
tide[D/F#]
Ay
caramba, one-note
samba, la la la la
bamba
Lighting me [C/E]up in
side
They had the
heat of the sun in the
beat of the
talking
drum
The
light of a tropical
moon on a
night to
remembe
r
Someone
summoned up summer just
strumming on an
old gui
tar
And
every note was the
anti
dote to
December
My first impression
, some kind of
procession
Pulling on a
long line of [B/D#]fancy
dance[D/F#]rs
And a
band stuck up on a
flatbed truck
They were
raising a ruckus swinging [C/E]for the
fenc
es
Exiled Mexican
textile working
Punching two clocks,
sending two [B/D#]paychecks
home, [D/F#]boys
Hard working law ‘biding bus
riding people
Celebration on wheels [C/E]destination
unknown
It was the heat of the sun in the
beat of that
talking
drum
The light of a tropical
moon on a
night to rem
ember
Someone
summoned up summer just
strumming on an
old gui
tar
Yes, and
every note was the
antidote
to
December
Ri-[G/B]o
Gra
nde
O-
le-
a-[E7+]na
Vi-
a Del
No[C/E]rte
Oh C
anada
[C#/E#]
[E/G#]
[D/F#]
[D/E]
There was a lifeline south in the
song coming
from her
mout
h
It
swallowed me up and I
followed it
on down
town
In the
light of dawn the
message that
life goes
on
For the
frozen man an invi
tation to
live
again
It was the
heat of the sun in the
beat of that
talking
drum
The
light of a tropical
moon on a
night to
remem
be
r
Someone
summoned up summer just
strumming on an
old gui
tar
And
every note, the
anti
dote to
December
They were
shakin’ it loose with the
juice from the
mambo
man
Long lanky Yankee boy,
Buckwheat and
Spanky, my-
my
Santi
ago de Cuba
Belo
Horizonte
Cartagena
Guaguanco
Canada
Guaguan
co
Canad
a
Santi
ago de Cuba
Belo
Horizonte
Cartagena
Guaguanco
Canada
Guaguan
co
Canad
a
Guaguan
co
Canada…