Key: D
Introduction:
D
Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake
A
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strummin' my six-string on my front porch swing
D
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin' to boil
G A D D4 D
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
G A D D4 D
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
G A DA G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
A D
But I know it's nobody's fault
D
I don't know the reason I stayed here all season
A
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie
D
How it got here I haven't a clue
G A D D4 D
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
G A D D4 D
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
G A DA G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
A D
Now I think, "Hell, it could be my fault."
D
I blew out my flip-flop. Stepped on a pop-top
A
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender and soon it will render
D
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
G A D D4 D
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
G A D D4 D
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
G A DA G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
A D
But I know it's nobody's fault
G A DA G
Yes and some people claim that there's a woman to blame
A D
And I know it's my own damn fault