Cheeseburger In Paradise Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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@ALBUM: Songs You Know By Heart

@SONG: Cheeseburger in Paradise

Cheeseburger in Paradise

By: Jimmy Buffett

1978

>From "Son of a Son of a Sailor"

Intro

** Play "|" as strums or beats

Bm A

Bm G

Bm A D

Tried to aGmend my carAnivorous haDbits

GMade it nearly Aseventy daDys

Losin' weGight without sApeed, eatin' sunDflower seeds

EDrinkin' lots of carrot juice and Asoakin' up rays

But at Gnight I'd Ahave these wDonderful Gdreams

GSome kind of Asensuous treBmat

Not zucGchini, fettuDcini or buGlgar wDheat

But a Gbig warm bDun and a hAuge hunk of mDeat

Chorus

CGheeseAburger in Dparadise

GHeaven on AEarth with an oDnion slice

GNot too parAticular, noDt too precise

I'm just a GCheeseDburger in AparadDise

Bm A D

Heard abouGt the old tAime sailor Dmen

GThey eat the saAme thing aDgain and again

Warm beerG and bread theAy said could raiDse the dead

EWell it reminds me of the menu at Aa Holiday Inn

But timGes change,A sailors theDse days G

GWhen I'm in pAort I get whBmat I need

Not jusGt Havanas orD bananas oGr daiqDuiris

But thGat AmericaDn creationA on which I fDeed

Chorus

CheGesebuArger in PaDradise

MedGium rare wAith mustard be Dnice

HeaGven on EartAh with an oDnion slice

I'm just a CGheesebDurger in PAaradiDse

(Just knock on the guitar or silence the strings for this part) 1 strum = /

In the song it sounds like a clap

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** I like mine with lettuce and tomato

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** Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes

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** Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer

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** Well good God almighty which way do I steer for my

Chorus

ChGeesebAurger in PDaradise

MakiGn' the besAt of every virtDue and vice

WortGh every damAn bit of saDcrifice to get a

ChGeesebuDrger in PaAradisDe

I neeGd a ChDeeseburgerA in PDaradise

I'm jGust a DCheeseburgAer inD Paradise

Bm A

Bm G

Bm A D

(If you plan on performing this in public, I might suggest ending it on this point after the last D)

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** I like mine with lettuce and tomato

// / // /

** Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes

// / // /

** Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer

// / // /

** Well good God almighty which way do I steer