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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

 Tried to amend my carnivorous habits

Made it nearly seventy days

 Losin' weight without speed, eatin' sunflower seeds

Drinkin' lots of carrot juice and soakin' up rays

 But at night I'd have these wonderful dreams

Some kind of sensuous treat

 Not zucchini, fettucini or bulgar wheat

 But a big warm bun and a huge hunk of meat

Chorus

  Cheeseburger in paradise

  Heaven on Earth with an onion slice

  Not too particular, not too precise

  I'm just a Cheeseburger in paradise

 Heard about the old time sailor men

They eat the same thing again and again

 Warm beer and bread they said could raise the dead

Well it reminds me of the menu at a Holiday Inn

 But times change, sailors these days

When I'm in port I get what I need

 Not just Havanas or bananas or daiquiris

 But that American creation on which I feed

Chorus

 Cheeseburger in Paradise

 Medium rare with mustard be nice

 Heaven on Earth with an onion slice

 I'm just a Cheeseburger in Paradise

(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

 Cheeseburger in Paradise

 Makin' the best of every virtue and vice

 Worth every damn bit of sacrifice to get a

 Cheeseburger in Paradise

 I need a Cheeseburger in Paradise

 I'm just a Cheeseburger in Paradise

(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

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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