False Echoes Havana 1921

false echoes ( havana 1921 ) artist : jimmy buffett from : banana wind ( 1996 ) tab help from cowboylyrics . com key of D# ( capo on fret 1 ) Intro : ( D ) the skies over ( G ) cuba ( D ) , turned ( A ) pink with the ( D ) light and the waterfront ( Bm ) ritual , began to ( A ) ignite . all the ships in the ( G ) harbour ( D ) , were ( A ) warmed by the ( D ) sun twenty fifth of ( Bm ) november , ( A ) nineteen twenty - ( D ) one . ( G ) ( D ) on the old chicka ( G ) mouga ( D ) , the ( A ) signal jacks ( D ) flew and the message they ( Bm ) spelled out , caused a great bally ( A ) hoo every ship in ( G ) havana ( D ) , then ( A ) hoisted ( D ) away all the pennants were ( Bm ) flyin’ , ( A ) on my dad’s first ( D ) birthday Chorus : ( A ) enduring echoes call ( D ) out from his past , ( A ) time ain’t for savin’ , no ( D ) time’s not for that . ( Bm ) chasin’ false ( F#m ) echoes like A ( G ) lost legionnaire ( A ) , he ( G ) waltzes on ( Bm ) memories while he ( A ) fades like ( D ) flare ( G ) ( D ) Verse 2 now his storybook ( G ) childhood ( D ) , was ( A ) not make ( D ) believe on the decks of A ( Bm ) tall ship , he was taught to ( A ) achieve . witnessed storms and ( G ) starvation ( D ) , natural ( A ) wonders and ( D ) force oh the life of A ( Bm ) sailor , ( A ) steers a wandering ( D ) course ( G ) ( D ) repeat Chorus : ( A ) enduring echoes call ( D ) out from his past , ( A ) time ain’t for savin’ , no ( D ) time’s not for that . ( Bm ) chasin’ false ( F#m ) echoes like A ( G ) lost legionnaire ( A ) , he ( G ) waltzes on ( Bm ) memories while he ( A ) fades like ( D ) flare ( G ) ( D ) Verse 3 well now life throws us ( G ) curve ( D ) balls , we ( A ) never can ( D ) reach he gave up the ( Bm ) ocean , but he lived by the ( A ) beach . where he raised up his ( G ) family ( D ) , taught ( A ) us all to ( D ) survive then the wind went ( Bm ) away in ( A ) nineteen ninety - ( D ) five ( G ) ( D ) instrumental : ( A ) ( D ) ( A ) ( D ) ( Bm ) ( F#m ) ( G ) ( A ) ( G ) ( Bm ) ( A ) ( D ) ( G ) ( D ) Verse 4 now the old chicka ( G ) mauga ( D ) , has ( A ) slipped by the ( D ) ways she lies on the ( Bm ) bottom of old mobile ( A ) bay where the ghosts of his ( G ) father ( D ) and his ( A ) brother are ( D ) near they protect him and ( Bm ) tell him , ( A ) there’s nothing to ( D ) fear ( G ) ( D ) cause it’s family ( G ) tradition ( D ) , we ( A ) take to the ( D ) sea and it’s a time in the ( Bm ) future , for ( A ) cameron and ( D ) me ( G ) ( D ) repeat Chorus : ( A ) enduring echoes call ( D ) out from his past , ( A ) time ain’t for savin’ , no ( D ) time’s not for that . ( Bm ) chasin’ false ( F#m ) echoes like A ( G ) lost legionnaire ( A ) , he ( G ) waltzes on ( Bm ) memories while he ( A ) fades like ( D ) flare ( G ) ( D ) Outro ( D ) the skies over ( G ) cuba ( D ) were ( A ) warmed by the ( D ) sun , twenty fifth of ( Bm ) november , ( A ) nineteen twenty - one ( D ) .